挙きょ筋きん

noun

levator; levator muscle

Anatomical term for a muscle that raises a body part. Used in medical contexts.

• 上じょう眼がん瞼けん挙きょ筋きんはまぶたを持もち上あげる筋きん肉にくです。

  The levator palpebrae superioris is the muscle that lifts the eyelid.