Found 2 items, similar to Adductor.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adductor adductor n : a muscle that draws a part toward the median line [syn: adductor muscle ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adductor Adductor \Ad*duc"tor\, n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) 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. [1913 Webster] In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. --Verrill. [1913 Webster]