abducens

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/, /abˈd͡ʒuː.sn̩z/, /abˈdjuː.sənz/, /abˈdjuː.sn̩z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æbˈd(j)uˌsɛnz/

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Noun

abducens (plural abducentes)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve. [Early 19^th century.]
   • 1895, Frederic Shepard Dennis, editor, System of Surgery‎^[1], volume 2, page 672:

     Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once: […]

Derived terms

• abducens labiorum
• abducens muscle
• abducens oculi

 

References

• “abducens”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “abducens”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

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Noun

abducens m (plural abducens)

1. abducens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of abdūcō (“to lead away, carry off, take or bring away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈduː.kens/, [äbˈd̪uːkẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈdu.t͡ʃens/, [äbˈd̪uːt͡ʃens]

Participle

abdūcēns (genitive abdūcentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. present active participle of abdūcō

Inflection

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	abdūcēns			abdūcentēs	abdūcentia
Genitive	abdūcentis			abdūcentium
Dative	abdūcentī			abdūcentibus
Accusative	abdūcentem	abdūcēns		abdūcentēs abdūcentīs	abdūcentia
Ablative	abdūcente abdūcentī1			abdūcentibus
Vocative	abdūcēns			abdūcentēs	abdūcentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.