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ADDUCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adduction mean?
• ADDUCTION (noun)
The noun ADDUCTION has 1 sense:
1. (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Familiarity information: ADDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("adduction" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Derivation:
adduct (draw a limb towards the body)
Context examples
Its action involves flexion, medial rotation, and adduction of the humerus.
(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
Its action involves adduction, medial rotation, and extension of the arm.
(Musculus Latissimus Dorsi, NCI Thesaurus)
It leads to limited abduction and adduction of the affected eye.
(Duane Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
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