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ADDUCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adducent mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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