ADDUCTOR
\ɐdˈʌktə], \ɐdˈʌktə], \ɐ_d_ˈʌ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of ADDUCTOR
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Used in connection with muscles causing adduction.
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A muscle whose office is to draw a part towards the median line of the body, or towards the middle line of a limb. See table of muscles, under muscle.
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As applied to the Lamelli branchiata, a muscle that closes the valves of the shell.
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In botany, a delicate filamentous structure found in the thecae of mosses.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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