noun
adductor
Adductor (noun) means a muscle that pulls a limb towards the middle of the body, or closes a part that was open.
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A muscle that pulls a limb towards the middle of the body, or closes a part that was open.
"He has also shown that the adductor muscles of the dactyl are very strong and so arranged as to produce the effect , while the opposing muscles are slender"
— Addison Emery Verrill, Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda (1908)
"The adductor of the eye turns the eye toward the nose."
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Etymology
From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct + -or.
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What is the meaning of adductor?
"adductor" (noun) means a muscle that pulls a limb towards the middle of the body, or closes a part that was open.
What is the opposite of adductor?
The opposite of "adductor" is abductor.
