Abduct Health Dictionary

Abduct: From 2 Different Sources

To abduct means to move a part of the body – for example, a limb – away from the mid line. (Opposite: ADDUCT.)

Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary

vb. to move a limb or any other part away from the midline of the body. —abduction n.

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Abduction

Movement of a limb away from the central line of the body, or of a digit away from the axis of a limb. Muscles that carry out this movement are called abductors. (See also adduction.)... abduction

Abductor

n. any muscle that moves one part of the body away from another or from the midline of the body.... abductor

Abduct Health Dictionary

Abduct: From 2 Different Sources

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