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Meaning of ABDUCENT

Pronunciation:  ab'doosunt

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
  2. [adj]  (physiology) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
 
 Synonyms: abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, abducting, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
 
 Antonyms: adducent, adducting, adductive
 
 See Also: cranial nerve

 

 

 

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