abducent
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin abducō (“to lead away”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)
- (obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. [late 17th century.][1]
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[edit]Noun
[edit]abducent (plural abducents)
- That which abducts.
- (neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
References
[edit]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abducent”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
- “abducent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]abdūcent
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