"adductor" meaning in English

See adductor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈdʌktɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adductor.wav Forms: adductors [plural], adductores [plural]
Etymology: From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct + -or. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|adduco}} Latin adduco, {{suffix|en|adduct|or}} adduct + -or Head templates: {{en-noun|s|adductores}} adductor (plural adductors or adductores)
  1. (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor. Wikidata QID: Q66572230 Categories (topical): Anatomy Related terms: adduction, adductor hiatus, adductor longus Coordinate_terms: abductor Translations (muscle): adductor [masculine] (Catalan), 內收肌 /内收肌 (nèishōujī) (Chinese Mandarin), lähentäjälihas (Finnish), adduktori (Finnish), adducteur (French), Adduktor [masculine] (German), közelítő izom (Hungarian), 内転筋 (naitenkin) (alt: ないてんきん) (Japanese), 모음근 (mo'eumgeun) (Korean), 내전근 (naejeon'geun) (alt: 內轉筋) (Korean), aduktor (Malay), przywodziciel [masculine] (Polish), adduktor [masculine] (Polish), adutor [masculine] (Portuguese), приводя́щая мы́шца (privodjáščaja mýšca) [feminine] (Russian), aductor (Spanish), adduktor [common-gender] (Swedish)

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