adductor

ad·duc·tor  (-dktr)

n.

A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, inward toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity.

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[New Latin, from Latin addcere, adduct-, to bring to, contract; see adduce.]

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adductor  (-dktr)

A muscle that draws a limb or part of a limb toward the midline of the body. Compare abductor.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

adductor - a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line adductor muscle skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes musculus adductor brevis - the short adductor muscle of the thigh musculus adductor longus - the long adductor muscle of the thigh great adductor muscle, musculus adductor magnus - the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh musculus adductor hallucis - the adductor muscle of the great toe