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Webster 1913 Edition
Adduction
1.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
An
adduction
of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.
2.
(Physiol.)
The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; – opposed to
abduction
. Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adduction
ADDUC'TION
n. The act of bringing forward.Definition 2024
adduction
adduction
English
Noun
adduction (plural adductions)
- The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.
- (physiology) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
Translations
act
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physiology: action
References
- adduction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin adductio, adductionem.
Noun
adduction f (plural adductions)
- adduction (all senses)