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English
Etymology
From Latin abducō (“to lead away”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/
Adjective
abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)
- (obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. [1]
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Translations
Noun
abducent (plural abducents)
- That which abducts.
- (neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abducent”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Latin
Verb
abdūcent
- third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō