ADDUCENT

ADDU'CENT, adjective Bringing forward, or together; a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. [See adductor.]

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Ad‐du″cent (�), a. [[L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.]] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; — a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.