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ab·duc·tor ab-'dək-tər n, pl ab·duc·to·res .ab-.dək-'tōr-(.)ēz, -'tȯr- or abductors a muscle that draws a part away from the median line of the body or from the axis of an extremity
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n.
any muscle that moves one part of the body away from another or from the midline of the body.
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ab·duc·tor (ab-dukґtor) [L.] that which abducts; see under musculus.Medical dictionary. 2011.