laxator
English
Etymology
From Latin laxare, laxatum (“to loosen”).
Noun
laxator (plural laxators)
- (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laxator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Verb
laxātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of laxō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of laxō