Associations to the word «Adductor»

Wiktionary

ADDUCTOR, noun. (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.

Dictionary definition

ADDUCTOR, noun. A muscle that draws a body part toward the median line.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats