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adductor Phys.|æˈdʌktə(r)|
[a. L. addūctor a bringer to; also in the Phys. sense.]
A muscle which draws any limb, or part of the body, towards the trunk or main axis, or which folds or closes extended parts of the body. Also attrib. with muscle.
1746Parsons Hum. Physiogn. i. 17 in Phil. Trans. XLIV. The Adductor arises tendinous and fleshy from the edge of the Hole of the optic Nerve. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 296/1 There are [in birds] most commonly three adductors of the thigh. 1859Carpenter Anim. Physiol. i. (1872) 41 The animal forcibly draws them together by its adductor muscle. |