abducens

English

Alternative forms

• abducent nerve, abducens nerve

Etymology

Shortening of abducens nerve, in turn from Latin nervus abdūcēns.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb.ˈdu.ˌsɛnz/, /æb.ˈdju.ˌsɛnz/

Noun

abducens (plural abducentes)

1. (anatomy) The abducens nerve: the nerve in humans and most animals that governs the motion of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. [Early 19^th century.]

   Synonym: sixth nerve

   • 1895, System of Surgery, 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

See also

• Abducens nerve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of abdūcō (“take away”).

Pronunciation

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Participle

abdūcēns m, f, n (genitive abdūcentis); third declension

1. taking away, leading away or aside; removing
2. withdrawing
3. robbing, ravishing
4. seducing, charming
5. reducing, degrading, lowering

Inflection

Third declension.

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.