abducens

[ab-doo-senz, -suhnz, -dyoo-]

noun

plural

abducentes 

1. abducens nerve.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abducens¹

< Latin, present participle of abdūcere to abduce

Example Sentences

Operation for squint after paralysis of the abducens.

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Both are supplied by the abducens nerve, together with the rectus externus muscle.

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The olfactory, optic, oculo-motor, pathetic, ophthalmic division of the trigeminal, and the abducens nerves are all liable to be implicated.

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The defect of movement towards the side of the right abducens amounts to about 2 or 3 mm.

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Crossed diplopia could be produced with a red glass, tenotomy of the left abducens sufficed to correct it.

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