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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

abducent

· IPA /æbˈdus.ənt/
01 n. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
  1. 1.
    a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
Syn. abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
02 adj. drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles
  1. 1.
    drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles(physiol)
Syn. abducting