Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of adducing or bringing forward something as evidence in support of a contention or an argument.
- n. In physiology, the action of the adductor or adducent muscles.
- n. 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. In either use, adduction consists in bringing a limb to or toward the long axis of the body, so that it shall be parallel therewith or with its fellow; or in bringing together two or several similar parts, as the spread fingers of the human hand, the opened shells of a bivalve mollusk, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- n. physiology The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- n. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to
abduction .
WordNet 3.0
- n. (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Etymologies
- Compare French adduction. See adduce. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The condition is characterized by aqueductal stenosis, severe mental retardation and in half of the affected children, an adduction thumb deformity.”
“Pain with flexion, internal rotation and adduction (impingement position) is present in the majority of athletes with this condition.”
“For the lower extremity, exercises like squats, lunges, leg press, leg extension, leg curls, hip adduction/abduction, and calf raises are essential.”
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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.”
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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”
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