adduction
English
Etymology
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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)
- The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- I. Taylor
- an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters
- I. Taylor
- (anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
Translations
act
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physiology: action
References
- “adduction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionem.
Pronunciation
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Noun
adduction f (plural adductions)
- adduction (all senses)
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