ADDUCTOR

ADDUC'TOR, noun [Latin]A muscle which draws one part of the body towards another; as the adductor oculi, which turns the eye towards the nose; the adductor pollicis manus, which draws the thumb towards the fingers.

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adductor. Adductor, n. a muscle which draws a joint inwards

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Ad‐duc″tor (�), n. [[L., fr. adducere.]] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; — opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.