Definition of Adductar
Ad*duc"tor (&?;), n. [L., fr.
adducere.] (Anat.) 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.
In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of
the shell are called adductor muscles.
Verrill.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (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.
*In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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