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abduction /ab·duc·tion/ (ab-duk´shun) the act of abducting; the state of being abducted.

Abduction of the fingers.

abduction

Etymology: L, abducere, to take away

movement of a limb away from the midline or axis of the body. abduct, v. Compare adduction.

abduction [ab-duk´shun]

the act of abducting; the state of being abducted.

abduction (ab·dukˑ·sh

n),

n joint movement away from the body along the horizontal plane.

Abduction.

abduction (abduk´sh

n),

n the process of abducting; opposite of adduction.

abduction

the act of abducting; the state of being abducted. For a digit, the drawing away from the axis of the limb.

abduction

Outward rotation of an eye, that is away from the midline. See duction; Duane's syndrome.

abduction

Neurology Movement of an extremity on a transverse plane away from the axis or midline. Cf Adduction.

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