abducting

ab·duct

A0011100 (ăb-dŭkt′)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.

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

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ab·duct·ee′ n.ab·duc′tion n.

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abducting - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent partabducentphysiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms