Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of adducing or bringing forward something as evidence in support of a contention or an argument.
- noun In physiology, the action of the adductor or adducent muscles.
- noun In surgery, the adducent action of a surgeon upon a limb or other member of the body; the position of a part which is the result of such action: the opposite of
abduction .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- noun (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to
abduction .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- noun physiology The action by which the parts of the
body are drawn towards itsaxis ; -- opposed toabduction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Etymologies
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Examples
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The condition is characterized by aqueductal stenosis, severe mental retardation and in half of the affected children, an adduction thumb deformity.
Hydrocephalus 2010
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For the lower extremity, exercises like squats, lunges, leg press, leg extension, leg curls, hip adduction/abduction, and calf raises are essential.
VeloNews Training Center: Is strength training for cycling a good idea? 2010
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Pain with flexion, internal rotation and adduction (impingement position) is present in the majority of athletes with this condition.
New Treatments for Hip Pain Dr. Josh Dines 2010
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Pain with flexion, internal rotation and adduction (impingement position) is present in the majority of athletes with this condition.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: New Treatments for Hip Pain 2010
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WYNTER: Japan hasn't signed Hague convention laws on child adduction.
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The vastus medialis obliquus (VMO), a teardroplike muscle on the inside of your thigh, works together with the flashier VL (vastus lateralis muscle) on the outside to hold the patella in place as the joint bends, so I take advantage of the thigh adduction and abduction machines, and my physical therapist showed me how to set the hip machine for a slow, careful quad workout.
Knee Change 2007
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Trying to liken video game obsession, if you will, with a real adduction such as alcoholism or even being a shopaholic, for example.
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March 7, 2006, 4: 41 am enter 2005 wsop says: enter 2005wsop patenting prelate finals adduction tension. rounds
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Length of Law Review Articles: 2004
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June 20, 2006, 4: 35 am texasholdem internet free practice says: texasholdem internet free practice squeezer controllability pantheism adduction anatomical
The Volokh Conspiracy » Possible criminal violations by the memo forger 2004
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He went voluntarily and of his own accord to the garden; which answered the adduction or bringing of the beast to be sacrificed unto the door of the tabernacle, according to the law: for there he did not only give up himself into the hands of those who were to shed his blood, but also actually entered upon the offering up of himself unto
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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