abductor

Definition of abductor in English English dictionary: A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward; One who abducts, a kidnapper; {n} a muscle, any muscle that contracts; someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom); a muscle that draws a part away from the median line; {i} kidnapper, one who abducts; muscle which pulls a body part away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy); One who abducts
abductor pollicis brevis: (Geometri) A thin flat muscle of the hand that abducts the thumb at right angles to the plane of the palm
abductor pollicis longus: (Geometri) A muscle of the forearm that abducts the thumb and wrist
abduct: To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position
abduct: To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap
Abduct: Motion to move extremity away from the body
Abduct: Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb
Abduct: Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body An abductor muscle achieves this action
Abduct: (Ab*duct") v t [imp & p p Abducted ; p pr & vb n Abducting ] [L abductus, p p of abducere See Abduce ]
Abduct: Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body This action is achieved by an abductor muscle
Abduct: to carry off by force
Abduct: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Abduct: To move apart, separate
Abduct: pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
Abduct: — To move away from the body
Abduct: kidnape, anlve
abduct: If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force. His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. = kidnap + abduction abductions ab·duc·tion the abduction of four youths. + abductor abductors ab·duc·tor She co-operated with her abductor. to take someone away by force = kidnap
abduct: To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap
abduct: pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts
abduct: {f} kidnap, carry off by force (especially of a person); pull away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy)
abductors: plural of abductor
musculus abductor digiti minimi manus: the abductor muscle of the little finger
musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis: the abductor muscles of the little toe
musculus abductor hallucis: the abductor muscle of the great toe
musculus abductor pollicis: the abductor muscle of the thumb

abductor

Hyphenation

ab·duc·tor

Turkish pronunciation

äbdʌktır

Antonyms

abductee, adductor

Pronunciation

/abˈdəktər/ /æbˈdʌktɜr/

Etymology

[ ab-'d&kt, &b-; 2 al ] (transitive verb.) 1834. New Latin

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