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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adducent

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.

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adducent

a. (context physiology English) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

WordNet
adducent

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

Usage examples of "adducent".

At first I thought the adducent power that I felt was originating in Joel Tuck himself, and perhaps a measure of it was, but not all of it.