abducent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin abducō (“to lead away”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdus.ənt/, /æbˈdjus.ənt/ === Adjective === abducent (comparative more abducent, superlative most abducent) (obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting. [late 17th century.] ==== Antonyms ==== adducent ==== Derived terms ==== abducent nerve ==== Translations ==== === Noun === abducent (plural abducents) That which abducts. (neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abducent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === abdūcent third-person plural future active indicative of abdūcō