hyperadduction

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ adduction

Noun[edit]

hyperadduction (usually uncountable, plural hyperadductions)

  1. Excessive adduction.
    • 2015 June 17, M. Rafiq et al., “A Case of Transient Local Anesthetic Induced Bilateral Vocal Cord Palsy”, in Case Reports in Surgery‎[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      It is possible to block the recurrent laryngeal nerve with local anesthetic which is used as a treatment option in patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia, which is a neurogenic condition characterized by continuous hyperadduction of vocal cords.
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