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abductor
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ab·duc·tor (b-dktr)
n.
A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity.

abductor
[abduk′tər]
Etymology: L, abducere
a muscle that draws a body part away from the midline or axis of the body, or one part from another. Compare adductor.

abductor [ab-duk´ter]
that which abducts; see also anatomic Table of Muscles in the Appendices.

abductor
that which abducts.


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