abducent

3 definitions found

abducent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  abducent \abducent\ n.
     1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle
        of the eye.
  
     Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial
          nerve
          [WordNet 1.5]

  abducent \abducent\ adj.
     1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or
        from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles adducent
  
     Syn: abducting
          [WordNet 1.5]

abducent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abducent
      adj 1: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of
             the body or from an adjacent part [syn: abducent,
             abducting] [ant: adducent, adducting, adductive]
      n 1: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of
           the eye [syn: abducent, abducent nerve, abducens,
           abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve]