adduct

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adduct - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adduct \Ad*duct"\, v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See
     Adduce.] (Physiol.)
     To draw towards a common center or a middle line. --Huxley.
     [1913 Webster]

adduct - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  adduct
      n 1: a compound formed by an addition reaction
      v 1: draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
           [ant: abduct]