Meanings
plural adductors · plural adductores
- anatomyA muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.
The adductor of the eye turns the eye toward the nose.
1 more example
He has also shown that the adductor muscles of the dactyl are very strong and so arranged as to produce the effect , while the opposing muscles are slender
1908, Addison Emery Verrill, Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna muscle that draws a body part toward the median line
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinadduco
- Englishadductor
From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct + -or.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan adductor
- adductormuscle
Chinese Mandarin 內收肌 /内收肌
- 內收肌 /内收肌 (nèishōujī)muscle
Finnish lähentäjälihas, adduktori
- lähentäjälihasmuscle
- adduktorimuscle
French adducteur
- adducteurmuscle
German Adduktor
- Adduktormuscle
Hungarian közelítő izom
- közelítő izommuscle
Japanese 内転筋
- 内転筋 (naitenkin)muscle
Korean 모음근, 내전근
- 모음근 (mo'eumgeun)muscle
- 내전근 (naejeon'geun)muscle
Malay aduktor
- aduktormuscle
Polish przywodziciel, adduktor
- przywodzicielmuscle
- adduktormuscle
Portuguese adutor
- adutormuscle
Russian приводя́щая мы́шца
- приводя́щая мы́шца (privodjáščaja mýšca)muscle
Spanish aductor, adductor
- aductormuscle
- adductormuscle
Swedish adduktor
- adduktormuscle
Cite this entry
adductor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adductor
“adductor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adductor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adductor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adductor.
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