abducent

English

Etymology

From Latin abducō (“to lead away”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/

Adjective

abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)

Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; abducting. [Late 17^th century.][1]

Antonyms

adducent

Translations

Translations

Dutch: afvoerend (nl)

Noun

abducent (plural abducents)

That which abducts; an abducens.

References

“abducent” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

abducent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

abdūcent

third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō

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