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Abducent

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Noun

1. abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Adjective

2. abducent, abducting

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

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Abducent

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adjective
(of a muscle) abducting

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Abducent

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adjective
Physiology
that abducts

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