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ADDUCENT

• ADDUCENT (adjective)
The adjective ADDUCENT has 1 sense:

1. especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part

Familiarity information: ADDUCENT used as an adjective is very rare.

• ADDUCENT (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part

Synonyms:

adducent; adducting; adductive

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Antonym:

abducent (especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part)

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