Etymology

levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Today it means: A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip. Full definition →

New Latin levātor labiī superiōris ālaeque nāsī
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromlevātor labiī superiōris ālaeque nāsī“lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose”
  2. English todaylevator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Borrowed from New Latin levātor labiī superiōris ālaeque nāsī (“lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose”).

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