abductor
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
abductor (plural abductors)
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Translations[edit]
kidnapper
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Etymology 2[edit]
From New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.
Noun[edit]
abductor (plural abductors or abductores)
- (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century][1]
- the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
muscle
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “abductor” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 3.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abductor m (plural abductores)
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Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “abductor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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