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adduction

[ uh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

  1. Physiology. the action of an adducent muscle.
  2. the act of adducing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adduction1

First recorded in 1630–40, adduction is from the Medieval Latin word adductiōn- (stem of adductiō ). See adduct, -ion

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