About The Word Adductor
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Adductor
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What's The Definition Of Adductor?
[n] a muscle that draws a part toward the median line
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adductor: adductor muscle Related Terms | Find terms related to Adductor: See Also | great adductor muscle | musculus adductor brevis | musculus adductor hallucis | musculus adductor longus | musculus adductor magnus | skeletal muscle Adductor In Webster's Dictionary \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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