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单词 abductor
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abductorn.

Brit. /əbˈdʌktə/, U.S. /əbˈdəktər/, /æbˈdəktər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abductor.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin abductor person who abducts or removes (c1290, 1464 in British sources; also in continental sources), muscle that draws away (1590 or earlier) < abduct- , past participial stem of abdūcere abduct v. + -or -or suffix. With sense 1 compare Middle French, French muscle abducteur (c1565). With sense 2 compare earlier abduct v. 2, abduction n. 2, etc.
1. Anatomy and Zoology. Any muscle that draws a part of the body away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Frequently attributive, esp. in abductor muscle. Contrasted with adductor.Also with distinguishing scientific Latin word, typically in the genitive and specifying the part moved by the muscle, as abductor minimi digiti minimi, abductor of the little finger (or toe), abductor pollicis, abductor of the thumb (or, in early use, the big toe), etc.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun]
sphincter1578
raiser1588
in-muscle?1609
oblique1612
abducens1615
abductor1615
adductor1615
antagonist1615
bender1615
depressor1615
extender1615
flexor1615
levator1615
quadratus1615
rectus1615
retractor1615
sphincter-muscle1615
accelerator1638
bicepsa1641
elevator1646
adducent1649
lifter1649
rotator1657
flector1666
contractor1682
dilater1683
orbicularis palpebrarum1694
transverse muscle1696
tensor muscle1704
biventer1706
extensor1713
attollent1728
constrictor1741
dilator1741
risibles1785
orbicularis oculi1797
obliquus1799
erector1828
extensor-muscle1830
compressor1836
trans-muscle1836
antagonizer1844
motor1846
evertor1848
inflector1851
protractor1853
prime mover1860
orbicular1872
transversalis1872
invertor1875
skeletal muscle1877
dilatator1878
occlusor muscle1878
sphincter1879
pilomotor1892
agonist1896
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 743 For euery Muscle almost hath set vnto him another, whose action is contrary to his as..to an adductor is set an abductor.
1694 W. Cowper Μυοτομια Reformata xxxv. 214 The great Toe is moved by its Proper Muscles, which we reckon to be six in number, namely, Extensor Pollicis Longus, and Extensor Brevis,..Adductor and Abductor Pollicis.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. ii. 327 By being inserted into one of the Sesamoid Bones of the great Toe, diverts the Power of the Abductor Muscle.
1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 439 The muscles that open the eyelids..may be called the elevator, depressor, adductor, and abductor.
1829 J. Bell & C. Bell Anat. & Physiol. Human Body (ed. 7) II. 577 The superficial branch passes by the side of the abductor minimi digiti, to the integuments on the ulnar side of the hand.
1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. 282 Some muscles move a bone away from a given axis, and are therefore termed abductors.
1950 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 50 552/1 Sometimes the doctor wishes the patient to lie on his side with the stump supported only by the other thigh so that gravity will help to relax the abductors completely.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes iv. 39/2 They [sc. chaenichthyids] even lack typical red muscle, instead having yellow muscle in the heart and in the adductor and abductor muscles of the pectoral fin.
2. A person who abducts another; a person who commits abduction.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > kidnapper or abductor > [noun]
man-thiefeOE
men-stealer1526
man-stealer1582
spirit1611
plagiary1613
spiriter1665
kidnapper1678
silver-cooper1796
abductor1809
body snatcher1852
shanghaier1917
snatcher1932
1809 J. Ritson Jurisdict. Court Leet (ed. 2) vi. 22 Of abductors, of wives, and nuns.
1872 Daily News Nov. 6 The women themselves, most interested in the immunities of their sex, usually gave their sympathy to the abductors.
1920 E. R. Burroughs Thuvia iii. 46 A dozen red warriors leaped from the entrance of a nearby..palace, pursuing the abductor with naked swords and shouts of rageful warning.
1954 M. Noel Villains Galore xv. 165 The detective went right on rescuing heroines from their abductors.
1992 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Dec. a18 The abductors had only one small, handmade pistol among the four of them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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