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ABDUCTOR MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abductor muscle mean? 

ABDUCTOR MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun ABDUCTOR MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. a muscle that draws a body part away from the median lineplay

  Familiarity information: ABDUCTOR MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABDUCTOR MUSCLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

abductor; abductor muscle

Hypernyms ("abductor muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abductor muscle"):

musculus abductor digiti minimi manus (the abductor muscle of the little finger)

musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis (the abductor muscles of the little toe)

musculus abductor hallucis (the abductor muscle of the great toe)

musculus abductor pollicis (the abductor muscle of the thumb)


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