Adduct

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adduct \Ad*duct"\, v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See
     {Adduce}.] (Physiol.)
     To draw towards a common center or a middle line. --Huxley.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  adduct
       n : a compound formed by an addition reaction
       v : draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
           [ant: {abduct}]