adducent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adducent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adducent adj especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part Synonym(s): adducent, adductive, adducting Antonym(s): abducent, abducting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adducent \Ad*du"cent\, a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to {abducent}.