abductor

Definitions


[əbˈdʌktə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who takes someone away by force or deception
(e.g: she endured a two-hour ordeal at the hands of her abductors)

- a muscle whose contraction moves a limb or part away from the midline of the body, or from another part


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Origin:
early 17th century (as a term in anatomy): modern Latin (see abduct)




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