2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Adductor \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. [1913 Webster] In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. --Verrill. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adductor n : a muscle that draws a part toward the median line [syn: {adductor muscle}]
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