abduksi

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed ab- +‎ *duksi, from Dutch abductie, from Latin abductiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ap̚ˈd̪ʊk̚si]

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• Hyphenation: ab‧duk‧si

Noun

abduksi (plural abduksi-abduksi)

1. abduction:
   1. (anatomy) the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

      Antonym: aduksi

   2. the wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

Related terms

• abduktor

Further reading

• “abduksi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Sugito Wonodirekso, Abdul Latief, Menuk Hardaniwati, editors (2005), Glosarium Kedokteran [Medicine Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, →ISBN