Meaning of ADDUCTOR
| Pronunciation: | | u'duktur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a muscle that draws a part toward the median line |
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| | Synonyms: | | adductor muscle |
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| | See Also: | | great adductor muscle, musculus adductor brevis, musculus adductor hallucis, musculus adductor longus, musculus adductor magnus, skeletal muscle | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ad*duc"tor\, n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.)
A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the
middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the
body; -- opposed to {abductor}; as, the adductor of the eye,
which turns the eye toward the nose.
In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the
values of the shell are called adductor muscles.
--Verrill.
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