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  • noun Plural form of adductor.

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Examples

  • The adductors are the Interossei plantares and the Adductor hallucis.

    IV. Myology. 8e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Foot 1918

  • But when the pressure is required to be raised in the air passages, as in the simple reflex act of coughing or in vocalisation, the glottis must be closed by approximation of the vocal cords, and this is effected by a group of muscles termed the adductors, which pull on the pyramid cartilages in such a way that the vocal processes are drawn towards one another in the manner shown in fig. 7.

    The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song 1889

  • The hip muscles (hip adductors) also may need to be released to treat problems with walking or hip subluxation or both.

    Cerebral palsy treatment 2010

  • I have to make some exceptions, such as the adductors and abuctors along with my knees, but for the most part, I aim to build strength, add muscle, which will help with the other problem.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger lite. 2010

  • I would like your massage guy to focus on the erector muscles in the back, on the hip flexors, and then on the abductors and adductors; that really ought to help your hip movement and flexibility.

    Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010

  • The fascia of the adductors on my left leg were adhered to the fascia of my quadriceps.

    Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

  • The fascia of the adductors on my left leg were adhered to the fascia of my quadriceps.

    Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

  • I would like your massage guy to focus on the erector muscles in the back, on the hip flexors, and then on the abductors and adductors; that really ought to help your hip movement and flexibility.

    Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010

  • I would like your massage guy to focus on the erector muscles in the back, on the hip flexors, and then on the abductors and adductors; that really ought to help your hip movement and flexibility.

    Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010

  • Works your arms, inner thigh adductors, and abdominals too.

    Sadie Nardini: Dude...Do Yoga! 2009

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