a. and sb. [ad. L. attollentem, pr. pple. of attollĕre: see ATTOL v.] A. adj. Raising, lifting up; spec. applied to muscles whose function is to raise various parts of the body. (The L. attollens is chiefly used.) B. sb. A muscle of this kind.
1713. Derham, Phys.-Theol., IV. ii. 98. The Magnitude and Strength of the Attollent Muscle.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Attollents, or attollent muscles, are otherwise called levators.
