ELEVATOR

(Lat.), n. m. El(al)-es-va(wa8)'to!lr; in Eng., el'- ea-va-toar. Gen., elevator'is. FT., elevatoire (1st def.), elevateur (2d def.). Ger., Hebeeisen (1st def.), Hebemuskel (2d def.). It., elevatorio (1st def.), elevatore (2d def.). Sp., elevador. 1. An instrument for raising a part, especially depre ed pieces of bone in fracture of the skull. [E.] 2. See LEVATOR. 3. A contrivance for artificially increasing the length of a shortened lower extremity by upright bars pa ing from a lower sole to that of the shoe, or by increasing the thickne of the sole of the shoe by layers of cork, fa, 17.] Bond's uterine e. An instrument devised by U", blue; U, lull; U, full; U, urn; U8, like a (German). [s. 679]