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Abducent

ABDU'CENT

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Adj.
Drawing from, pulling back; used of those muscles which pull back certain parts of the body, for separating, opening, or bending them. The abducent muscles, called abductors, are opposed to the adducent muscles or adductors.

Definition 2024

abducent

abducent

English

Adjective

abducent ‎(comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)

  1. Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; abducting. [Late 17th century.][1]

Antonyms

Translations

Noun

abducent ‎(plural abducents)

  1. That which abducts; an abducens.

References

  1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3
  • abducent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Verb

abdūcent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō

Etymology

From Latin abducō ‎(“to lead away”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/

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