adducent

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adducent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adducent \Ad*du"cent\, a. [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.
     [1913 Webster]

adducent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  adducent
      adj 1: especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing
             toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
             [syn: adducent, adductive, adducting] [ant:
             abducent, abducting]