adductor magnus
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n.
A muscle with origin in the ischial tuberosity and ischiopubic ramus, with insertion to the linea aspera and femur, with nerve supply from the obturator and sciatic nerves, and whose action adducts and extends the thigh.
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adduction, adductor, adductor brevis, adductor canal, adductor longus, adductor magnus, adductor muscle of big toe, adductor muscle of thumb, add up, add up to, addy
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