English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin abducō (to lead away).

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/
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Adjective edit

abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)

  1. (obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. [late 17th century.][1]

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Noun edit

abducent (plural abducents)

  1. That which abducts.
  2. (neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.

References edit

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abducent”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Latin edit

Verb edit

abdūcent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō