EGAVE

abducent

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun That which abducts.
  3. noun An abducens nerve.

Similar words

abducent nerve abducens abducens nerve abducting nervus abducens sixth cranial nerve ablatitious abstract ablative abdicant

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nerve nerves nucleus and nuclei palsy paralysis

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