Adduction

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  • n. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
  • n. The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
  • n. The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of adducing or bringing forward something as evidence in support of a contention or an argument.
  • n. In physiology, the action of the adductor or adducent muscles.
  • n. In surgery, the adducent action of a surgeon upon a limb or other member of the body; the position of a part which is the result of such action: the opposite of abduction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
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    motility    movement    motion    move   
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    arthroplasty    subduction    eciency    lacrimation    amputations   
     
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