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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adducent \Ad*du"cent\, a. [L. addunces p. pr of adducere.]
(Physiol.)
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
adducent
adj : (physiology) especially of muscles; bringing together or
drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an
adjacent part [syn: {adductive}, {adducting}] [ant: {abducent}]
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