Adduct Health Dictionary

Adduct: From 2 Different Sources

To move a limb or any other part towards the midline of the body. (Opposite: ABDUCT.)

Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary

vb. to move a limb or any other part towards the midline of the body. —adduction n.

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Adduction

Movement of a limb towards the central line of the body, or of a digit towards the axis of a limb. Muscles that carry out this movement are often called adductors. (See also abduction.)... adduction

Adductor

n. any muscle that moves one part of the body towards another or towards the midline of the body.... adductor

Adduct Health Dictionary

Adduct: From 2 Different Sources

Adduction

Adductor

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