About The Word Adduction

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Adduction to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Adduction definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
  • Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
  • Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
  • Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
  • Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
  • Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
  • Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
  • Apatura ‐ large Old World…
  • Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
  • Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…