adduction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“I bring to myself”), from ad + ducō (“I lead”). Compare French adduction. See adduce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from abduction) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ˈdiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/

Noun

adduction (countable and uncountable, plural adductions)

1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, “(please specify the page)”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC:

     an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters

3. (anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.

Derived terms

• hyperadduction
• hypoadduction
• underadduction

 

Translations

act

• Finnish: esittäminen (fi)
• Ido: addukto (io)

physiology: action

• Finnish: lähennys, adduktio (fi)
• Hindi: अभिवर्तन (hi) (abhivartan)
• Ido: addukto (io)
• Indonesian: aduksi (id)
• Polish: addukcja f
• Portuguese: adução f
• Russian: адду́кция (ru) f (addúkcija), приведе́ние (ru) n (privedénije)
• Spanish: aducción (es)

References

• “adduction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adductiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

adduction f (plural adductions)

1. adduction (all senses)

Further reading

• “adduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.