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ADDUCTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adductive mean?
• ADDUCTIVE (adjective)
The adjective ADDUCTIVE has 1 sense:
1. especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
Familiarity information: ADDUCTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
Synonyms:
adducent; adducting; adductive
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Derivation:
adduct (draw a limb towards the body)
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