adduction

[ uh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun
  1. Physiology. the action of an adducent muscle.

  2. the act of adducing.

Origin of adduction

1
First recorded in 1630–40, adduction is from the Medieval Latin word adductiōn- (stem of adductiō). See adduct, -ion

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