ABDUCENT

abducent, abducting

(adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

(noun) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent)

Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; abducting. [Late 17^th century.]

Antonyms

• adducent

Noun

abducent (plural abducents)

That which abducts; an abducens.

Source: Wiktionary

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