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Definition of abductor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

abductor

noun
 
/æbˈdʌktə(r)/
 
/æbˈdʌktər/
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  1. a person who abducts somebodyTopics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. (also abductor muscle)
     (anatomy) a muscle that moves a body part away from the middle of the body or from another part compare adductorTopics Bodyc2
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a term in anatomy): modern Latin from Latin abduct- ‘led away’, from the verb abducere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
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