Abducent

3 definitions found

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

  abducent \abducent\ n.
     1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle
        of the eye.
  
     Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial
          nerve


          [WordNet 1.5]

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

  abducent \abducent\ adj.
     1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or
        from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles {adducent}
  
     Syn: abducting
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abducent
       adj : especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the
             body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducting}] [ant:
             {adducent}]
       n : a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of
           the eye [syn: {abducent nerve}, {abducens}, {abducens
           nerve}, {nervus abducens}, {sixth cranial nerve}]