Adductor

What do we mean by adductor?

A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, inward toward the median axis of the body or of an extremity. noun

Adductors (-torz) or adductores (ad-uk-tō′ rēz). In anatomy and zoology, that which adducts; specifically, the name of several muscles which draw certain parts to or toward one common center or median line: the opposite of abductor. noun

Of or pertaining to an adductor; having the function of adducting; adducent: as, the adductor muscles of the thigh: opposed to abductor.

In malacology, the muscles which draw together or close the valves in bivalve mollusks. See cut under Waldheimia.

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor. noun

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. noun

A muscle that draws a body part toward the median line noun

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor

Words that are spelled similarly to adductor:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe adductor:
posterior, anterior, great, powerful, long, short, large, weak, small, strong, external, right, human, oblique, single, left, femoral, lateral, primary, pure, dorsal, coxal, musculus, bilateral, triceps, hip, cranial, median, mandibular, medial, smooth, laryngeal, striated, unilateral, contralateral, tentorial, developed, middle, slow, hypopharyngeal, accessory, compare, fast, larval, inadequate, superficial, ulnar, paralyzed, corresponding, ventral, inguinal, primitive, triangular, intact, tibio, fifth, tight, flexor, unopposed, oyster, distal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective adductor:
compartment, membrane, force, muscle.

Consonant match to adductor:
eductor.

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