abducent

Plural: abducents

Noun

• a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
• That which abducts.
• An abducens nerve.

Adjective

• Moving or drawing a part away from the median axis.
• especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

Adj

• Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.

Examples

• His abducent word placement drew my attention away from his real strategy.

Synonyms

abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, abducting, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

Antonyms

adducent

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