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/əˈtɒlənt/ · adjective
(obsolete) Lifting 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
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Attollent means (obsolete) Lifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris )..
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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
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