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    ADDUCTOR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A muscle that draws a body part toward the median lineplay

    Synonyms:

    adductor; adductor muscle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("adductor" is a kind of...):

    skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adductor"):

    musculus adductor brevis (the short adductor muscle of the thigh)

    musculus adductor longus (the long adductor muscle of the thigh)

    great adductor muscle; musculus adductor magnus (the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh)

    musculus adductor hallucis (the adductor muscle of the great toe)

    Derivation:

    adduct (draw a limb towards the body)

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