adductor

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English

Etymology

From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈdʌktɚ/
  • Hyphenation: ad‧duc‧tor

Noun

adductor (plural adductors or adductores)

  2. (anatomy) 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.
    The adductor of the eye turns the eye toward the nose.
    • 1908, Addison Emery Verrill, Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda:
      He has also shown that the adductor muscles of the dactyl are very strong and so arranged as to produce the effect , while the opposing muscles are slender

Coordinate terms

Translations

Interlingua

Noun

adductor (plural adductores)

  1. adducer
  2. adductor

Latin

Etymology

From addūcō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

adductor m (genitive adductōris); third declension

  1. a procurer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adductor adductōrēs
genitive adductōris adductōrum
dative adductōrī adductōribus
accusative adductōrem adductōrēs
ablative adductōre adductōribus
vocative adductor adductōrēs

References

  • “adductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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