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- Latin · derived fromnervus abducens
- English todayabducens muscle
Shortening of "abducens nerve", in turn from Latin nervus abducens, from abducent, abducens
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abducens muscle
Today it means: Rectus lateralis muscle of the eye; muscle that moves the eye away from the center of the face. Full definition →
Latin nervus abducens