Anat. [mod. L., agent-n. f. L. laxāre (see LAX v.).] Name formerly given to a (supposed) muscle of the external ear.
1799. Home, Ear, in Phil. Trans., XC. 9. The largest of these is called the obliquus, and is the antagonist of the tensor muscle: the other is very small, and is called the laxator.
1808. Med. Jrnl., XIX. 393. Soemmerring again errs … in considering the muscle as entirely a laxator.
