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Adduction

Adduction Meaning & Definition
Adduction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adduction?

[n] (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adduction:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Adduction: affinity | allurement | attractance | attraction | attractiveness | attractivity | capillarity | capillary attraction | centripetal force | drag | draw | gravitation | gravity | magnetism | mutual attraction | pull | pulling power | sympathy | traction | tug

See Also | motility | motion | move | movement

Adduction In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See {Adduce}.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. --I. Taylor. 2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to {abduction}. --Dunglison.

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