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ABDUCENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abducent mean? 

ABDUCENT (noun)
  The noun ABDUCENT has 1 sense:

1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eyeplay

  Familiarity information: ABDUCENT used as a noun is very rare.


ABDUCENT (adjective)
  The adjective ABDUCENT has 1 sense:

1. especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent partplay

  Familiarity information: ABDUCENT used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABDUCENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

abducens; abducens nerve; abducent; abducent nerve; nervus abducens; sixth cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("abducent" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)


ABDUCENT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

Synonyms:

abducent; abducting

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Antonym:

adducent (especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part)


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