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Princeton's WordNet

  1. adducent, adductive, adductingadjective

    especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part

Wiktionary

  1. adducentadjective

    Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

  2. Etymology: Latin adducens, present participle of adducere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Adducentadjective

    A word applied to those muscles that bring forward, close, or draw together the parts of the body to which they are annexed. John Quincy

    Etymology: adducens, Lat.

ChatGPT

  1. adducent

    Adducent generally refers to something that draws or leads towards a common center or direction, particularly pertaining to muscles or nerves that produce certain movements in the body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Adducentadjective

    bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent

  2. Etymology: [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adducent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adducent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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