Etymology
Origin of adduction
First recorded in 1630–40, adduction is from the Medieval Latin word adductiōn- (stem of adductiō ). See adduct, -ion
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They knew that vocal cord adduction is controlled by laryngeal motor neurons, so they began by tracing backward to find the neurons that innervate those motor neurons.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024
"We wanted to understand what are the neurons that control the vocal cord adduction, and then how do those neurons interact with the breathing circuit?"
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024
Spreading the fingers or toes apart is also abduction, while bringing the fingers or toes together is adduction.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Circumduction is the movement of the limb, hand, or fingers in a circular pattern, using the sequential combination of flexion, adduction, extension, and abduction motions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
His courageous article is particularly useful for the adduction of cases in which corpses have lain in the grave far longer than that of Shakespeare, and been discovered in a state of comparative perfection.
From Shakespeare's Bones by C. M. (Clement Mansfield) Ingleby
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