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Abducent

adjective
1.
Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part.  Synonym: abducting.





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... push from, drive apart, drive from &c. 276; chase, dispel; retrude[obs3]; abduce[obs3], abduct; send away; repulse. keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear. Adj. repelling &c. v.; repellent, repulsive; abducent[obs3], abductive[obs3]. centripetal Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


Words linked to "Abducent" :   cranial nerve, adducent, physiology


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