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Leading away; a carrying away. / (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

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abduction

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Source Word

abduction

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

Noun

countable uncountable

Leading away; a carrying away. / (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Japanese Meaning

誘拐（人を無理やり連れ去る行為） / 外転（解剖学用語：四肢などが体の中心線から離れる動き）

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The detective suspected abduction when the child's toys were found beside an open window.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

探偵は、子供のおもちゃが開いた窓のそばで見つかったとき、その子が連れ去られたのではないかと疑った。

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Leading away; a carrying away.

Sense（2）

(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.

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Sense（3）

The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.

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