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Adductor vs Diductormuscle - What's the difference?

adductor | diductormuscle |

adductor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.
  • * Verrill:
    • In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles.

    Usage notes

    * The alternative spelling adductores is sometimes used to refere to the plural of the muscles.

    Coordinate terms

    * abductor

    diductormuscle

    Not English

    Diductormuscle has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

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