attollent

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/əˈtɒlənt/

adjective

Lifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris ).

OriginLatin attollens →
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Meanings

adjectiveattollent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteLifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris ).

    And here I might instance the peculiar and artificial structure of the trochlearis, and the augmentation of its power by the trochlea; the magnitude and strength of the attollent muscle, somewhat exceeding that of its antagonist

    1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
nounattollent (plural attollents)

plural attollents

  1. obsoleteA raising or lifting muscle.

Origin

  1. Latinattollens
  2. Englishattollent

From Latin attollens, present participle of attollo; ad + tollo (“to lift”).

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APA

attollent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attollent

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“attollent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attollent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attollent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attollent.

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