abducent

English

Etymology

From Latin abducō (“to lead away”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/
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Adjective

abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)

(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. [late 17^th century.][1]

Antonyms

adducent

Derived terms

abducent nerve

Translations

Translations

Dutch: afvoerend (nl)

Noun

abducent (plural abducents)

That which abducts.
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.

References

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

Verb

abdūcent

third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō

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