simple past tense and past participle of abduce

(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduce

present participle of abduce

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

That which abducts. / (neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.

plural of abducent

Able to be abductive

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of abducens nerve

plural of abducent nerve