See Also: dilator tubae(medicine)
dilator(medicine)
dilator(dictionary)
Dilator(health)
dilator muscle(medicine)
hydrostatic dilator(medicine)
musculus dilator(medicine)
dilator iridis(medicine)
dilator of pupil(medicine)
Walther's dilator(medicine)

progenitor (iou) and dilator tubae (medicine)


progenitor (iou)



progenitor noun. LME.
[Old French progeniteur from Latin progenitor ancestor, from progenit- pa. ppl stem of progignere beget, formed as PRO-1 + gignere create: see -OR.]
A person from whom another person, a family, or a race is descended; an ancestor; a parent; Biology an ancestral species. LME.
A spiritual, political, or intellectual predecessor. L16.
The original of which a thing is a copy. L19.
progeni'torial adjective of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of a progenitor E19.
progenitorship noun the position or fact of being a progenitor E19.

dilator tubae (medicine)


dilator tubae -->
tensor veli palati muscle
<anatomy> Tensor muscle of soft palate, musculus tensor palati; musculus palatosalpingeus; musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus; dilator tubae; origin, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid, cartilaginous and membranous part of auditory (eustachian) tube and spine of sphenoid; insertion, posterior border of hard palate and aponeurosis of soft palate; action, tenses the soft palate; contributes to opening of auditory tube; nerve supply, branches of trigeminal nerve through the otic ganglion.

Synonym: musculus tensor veli palatini, dilator tubae, musculus palatosalpingeus, musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus, musculus tensor palati, palatosalpingeus, tensor muscle of soft palate.