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(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
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abduction
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Abduction is a 2000 novel written by Robin Cook .
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Abduction \Ab*duc"tion\, n. [L. abductio: cf. F. abduction.] The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. --Roget. (Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (Law) The ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "a leading away," from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio ), noun of action from past participle stem of abducere "to lead away, take away" (often by force), from ab- "away" (see ab- ) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). The illegal activity ...
Usage examples of abduction.
The net result was that only a portion of the actual Lazer Abduction cases made it into the computer, making it even more difficult to make important connections between them.
It was the first time the Bureau had found out about the Lazer Abductions, even though fifty cases had been entered, or were waiting to be entered, at the NCIC.
She seemed almost to be having a seizure, and Harry realized that if she was remembering her abduction, her mind was breaking through some very powerful memory charms.
In their endless stocktaking of orderly births and deaths her sudden appearance was as jarring an event as a disappearance would have been, the mirror-image of a murder or an abduction.
He knew that she was promised to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, but if he had been instrumental in her abduction, his motives could not be prompted by loyalty to his friend, or regard for her honour.
The last he had heard of the southern lord, he had been urging raids upon Eyra in response to the abduction of his daughter Selen.
The renewed influence in the arrondissement of Arcis which the Restoration gave to the house of Cinq-Cygne had naturally drawn closer the ties that bound together the various families affected by the criminal trial relating to the abduction of Gondreville.
In a few cases, hypnotherapy has filled in those hours, and they appear to be abductions.
Even more astonishing, it was just this morning that Leigh Mellon had called with her hysterical story about the botched abduction of her son.
Teeth, during Farsun Week, reached a climax today when the Planetary Prosecutor presented charges against fourteen individuals allegedly responsible for the abduction of Renna Aarons, Peripatetic Emissary from the Hominid Phylum.
Alien abductions, Bigfoot in the piney wood hills, faeries skipping through downtown streets, goblins in the sewers.
The murders in Belvidere Road, the horrible killing of Ranny Coulter, and the abduction of young Larrabie were the subjects of excited comment throughout the city.
Looking into the murder of Billy Stail and the abductions of Lydia Johansson and Mary Beth McConnell.
Billy Stail and the abductions of Lydia Johansson and Mary Beth McConnell.
Here, where Black Michael and young Rupert of Hentzau had admired dead boars, drunk too much claret, boasted about their horses, their stalking prowess and their shooting eyes, and planned the abduction of village beauties, Stam had lived, gently pottering about, for ten years.