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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELEVATORY

n.An instrument used in trepanning, for raising a depressed or fractured part of the skull.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELEVATORY

ELEVATORY El "e *va `to *ry, a.

 

Defn: Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.

 

ELEVATORY

El "e *va `to *ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élévatoire.] (Surg.)

 

Defn: See Elevator, n. (e ). Dunglison.