Found 2 items, similar to abducent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: abducent abducent adj : especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part [syn: abducting] [ant: adducent] n : a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve , nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve]
English → English (gcide) Definition: abducent abducent \abducent\ n. 1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve [WordNet 1.5] abducent \abducent\ adj. 1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles adducent Syn: abducting [WordNet 1.5]