abductor
n. kidnapper, one who abducts; muscle which pulls a body part away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy) | ||||
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Abductor Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abductor
(n.)
One who abducts.
(n.)
A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
(n.)
One who abducts.
(n.)
A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abductor
Noun
1. someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
(synonym) kidnapper, snatcher
(hypernym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
(hyponym) crimp, crimper
(derivation) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
2. a muscle that draws a part away from the median line
(synonym) abductor muscle
(hypernym) skeletal muscle, striated muscle
(hyponym) musculus abductor digiti minimi manus
(derivation) abduct
Noun
1. someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
(synonym) kidnapper, snatcher
(hypernym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
(hyponym) crimp, crimper
(derivation) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
2. a muscle that draws a part away from the median line
(synonym) abductor muscle
(hypernym) skeletal muscle, striated muscle
(hyponym) musculus abductor digiti minimi manus
(derivation) abduct
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abductor
abductor
\ab*duc"tor\ (&?;), n. [nl.]
1. one who abducts.
2. (anat.) a muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
abductor
\ab*duc"tor\ (&?;), n. [nl.]
1. one who abducts.
2. (anat.) a muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Gorddygai
Gorddygai = n. what draws away; an abductor
Gorddygai = n. what draws away; an abductor
Abductor Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
abductor muscle
noun
muscle which pulls a part of the body away from the midline of the body or from a neighbouring part
NOTE: opposites are adducted, adduction, adductor
noun
muscle which pulls a part of the body away from the midline of the body or from a neighbouring part
NOTE: opposites are adducted, adduction, adductor
Abductor Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Abduction
Abduction may refer to:
- Kidnapping, as a near synonym in criminal law, but sometimes used particularly in cases involving a woman or child
- Abduction (physiology), a type of movement involving a change in organ or limb position
- Abductive reasoning, a method of reasoning in logic
- Child abduction, the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person
- Abduction phenomenon ("alien abduction"), an umbrella term used to describe a number of hypotheses, claims or assertions stating that extraterrestrial creatures kidnap individuals
- North Korean abductions of Japanese or North Korean abductions of South Koreans, a policy of abduction during the 1970s and 1980s pursued by the North Korean government
- , a 2005 American documentary film
- Abduction (novel), a 2000 novel by novelist Robin Cook
- Abduction (demoparty), a demoparty
- Abducted (album), an album by death metal band Hypocrisy
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