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Look up: abduct

  1. abduct
    [v] - pull away from the body, of muscles
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Abduct
    Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body. This action is achieved by an abductor muscle.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20906

  3. Abduct
    Ab·duct' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Abducted ; present participle & verbal noun Abducting .] [ Latin abductus , past participle of abducere . See Abdu...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/3

  4. abduct
    To move away from the median plane. ... Synonym: abduce. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. abduct
    verb pull away from the body; `this muscle abducts`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. abduct
    (ab-dukt´) to draw away from an axis or the median plane.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Abduct
    • (v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. • (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. abduct
    abduct 1. To lead, take away, or carry off improperly, whether by force or fraud; to carry off, to kidnap. Applied especially to the illegal carrying off of a woman or child. 2. To pull something, e.g., a muscle, away from the midpoint or midline of the body or of a limb; the opposite of adduct.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. abduct
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ab-dŭkt′ Definitions: 1. To move away from the median plane. Synonyms: abduce
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  10. Abduct
    Abduct means to take away by force or fraud.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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