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Adductor

Adductor Meaning & Definition
Adductor Definition And Meaning

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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