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ab·duct (

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tr.v. ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts

1. To carry off by force; kidnap.

2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb.

[Latin abdcere, abduct- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

ab·duct·ee n.

ab·duction n.

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Adj.

abducting - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

abducent

physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

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