adductor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdʌktəɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdʌktə/ Hyphenation: ad‧duc‧tor === Noun === adductor (plural adductors or adductores) (anatomy) 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. ==== Coordinate terms ==== abductor ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Interlingua == === Noun === adductor (plural adductores) adducer adductor == Latin == === Etymology === From addūcō + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [adˈdʊk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [adˈduk.tor] === Noun === adductor m (genitive adductōris); third declension a procurer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “adductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “adductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.