Definition of Adductor

1. Noun. A muscle that draws a body part toward the median line.


Definition of Adductor

1. n. 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.

Definition of Adductor

1. an adducent muscle [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adductor

1. Muscles which move a portion of the body toward the midline such as lowering your arm to your side. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adductor

adducers
adduces
adducible
adducin
adducing
adduct
adduct
adducted
adducted thumbs with mental reatardation
adducting
adduction
adduction
adductions
adductive
adductor (current term)
adductor (current term)
adductors
adductor brevis
adductor canal
adductor hallucis
adductor hiatus
adductor longus
adductor magnus
adductor minimus muscle
adductor muscle
adductor muscle
adductor muscle of great toe
adductor muscle of thumb
adductor pollicis
adductor reflex

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