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]