abductor

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A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward
One who abducts, a kidnapper
{n} a muscle, any muscle that contracts
someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
a muscle that draws a part away from the median line
{i} kidnapper, one who abducts; muscle which pulls a body part away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy)
One who abducts
abductor pollicis brevis
(Geometri) A thin flat muscle of the hand that abducts the thumb at right angles to the plane of the palm
abductor pollicis longus
(Geometri) A muscle of the forearm that abducts the thumb and wrist
abduct
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position
abduct
To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap
Abduct
Motion to move extremity away from the body
Abduct
Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb
Abduct
Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body An abductor muscle achieves this action
Abduct
(Ab*duct") v t [imp & p p Abducted ; p pr & vb n Abducting ] [L abductus, p p of abducere See Abduce ]
Abduct
Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body This action is achieved by an abductor muscle
Abduct
to carry off by force
Abduct
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Abduct
To move apart, separate
Abduct
pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
Abduct
— To move away from the body
Abduct
kidnape, anlve
abduct
If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force. His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. = kidnap + abduction abductions ab·duc·tion the abduction of four youths. + abductor abductors ab·duc·tor She co-operated with her abductor. to take someone away by force = kidnap
abduct
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap
abduct
pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts
abduct
{f} kidnap, carry off by force (especially of a person); pull away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy)
abductors
plural of abductor
musculus abductor digiti minimi manus
the abductor muscle of the little finger
musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis
the abductor muscles of the little toe
musculus abductor hallucis
the abductor muscle of the great toe
musculus abductor pollicis
the abductor muscle of the thumb
abductor

    Silbentrennung

    ab·duc·tor

    Türkische aussprache

    äbdʌktır

    Antonyme

    abductee, adductor

    Aussprache

    /abˈdəktər/ /æbˈdʌktɜr/

    Etymologie

    [ ab-'d&kt, &b-; 2 al ] (transitive verb.) 1834. New Latin
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