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adducent

[ uh-doo-suhnt, uh-dyoo- ]

adjective

, Physiology.
  1. drawing toward, as by the action of a muscle; adducting.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adducent1

1685–95; < Latin addūcent- (stem of addūcēns ), present participle of addūcere. See adduce, -ent

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