adducent

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adjective

Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.

Similar
adductingadductive
Opposite
abducent
OriginLatin adducens →
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Meanings

adjectiveadducent (comparative more adducent, superlative most adducent)

comparative more adducent · superlative most adducent

  1. medicineRelated to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.

    Synonyms: adducting · Antonyms: abducent

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRelated to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.

Similar
adducting
Opposite
abducent

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveespecially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part

Similar
adductiveadducting
Opposite
abducent
Also see
adductive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinadducens
  2. Englishadducent

From Latin adducens, present participle of adducere.

More words from Latin

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Translations

Portuguese adutor
  • adutor(of muscles) which pull one part towards another
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APA

adducent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adducent

MLA

“adducent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adducent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adducent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adducent.

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