abducción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abductiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abduɡˈθjon/ [aβ̞.ð̞uɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abduɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ð̞uɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ab‧duc‧ción

Noun

abducción f (plural abducciones)

1. abduction (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)

Related terms

• abducir
• abductor

Further reading

• “abducción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024