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Adducent

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Ad`du´cent
a.1.(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.
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Adj.1.adducent - especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
adducting, adductive
physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
abducent, abducting - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part


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