Adduct
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈdʌkt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Adduct is a verb meaning (transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
Meaning
(transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
More Meanings
- (chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.
Example Sentences
to adduct a limb
Coordinate term: circumduct
The patient was unable to adduct his thumb after the injury.
The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.
Word Forms
- adducts
- adducting
- adducted
Antonyms for adduct
Common opposites include abduct.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adducent, product, hyperabduct, infraduct, ventralize, centerpunch.
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