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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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

Adj.

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