abductor

2 definitions found

abductor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Abductor \Ab*duc"tor\, n. [NL.]
     1. One who abducts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form
        the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which
        draws the eye outward.
        [1913 Webster]

abductor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abductor
      n 1: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually
           for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor,
           snatcher]
      2: a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
         [syn: abductor, abductor muscle]