Medical Term:
elevator
Pronunciation: el′ĕ-vā′tŏr
Definition:
- An instrument for prying up a sunken part, such as the depressed fragment of bone in fracture of the skull, or for elevating tissues from their attachment to bone.
- A surgical instrument used to luxate and remove teeth and roots that cannot be engaged by the beaks of forceps, or to loosen teeth and roots before forceps application.
Synonym(s): dental lever
[L. fr. e-levo, pp. -atus, to lift up]
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