[
US
/ˈædəkt/
]
NOUN
- a compound formed by an addition reaction
VERB
-
draw a limb towards the body
adduct the thigh muscle
How To Use adduct In A Sentence
- Normal hip range of motion includes abduction, adduction, circumduction, extension, and flexion.
- Normal hip range of motion includes abduction, adduction, circumduction, extension, and flexion.
- In rat liver, it has been shown that tamoxifen forms covalent DNA adducts, implying a genotoxic mechanism for its carcinogenicity in this tissue.
- Spring is the season for groin pulls - that is, straining the adductor muscles that run along the inside of your thighs.
- With extraordinary effort I can move my right hand a little and can adduct my left arm some six inches across my chest. Anatomy Of Isolation: ALS Sufferer Tony Judt's Experience Of Night
- Imperatore pr鎠ente, nemo nisi adductus in quacunque camera, vel habitatione intromittitur, donec interrogatus iusserit The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
- The action of adduction along the frontal plane of the body will cause the arm to be moved in a curvilinear arc (the arm being a lever system with the fulcrum at the shoulder end).
- Keep them aligned over the second toe of each foot to maintain the proper balance of tension between your adductors and abductors.
- As part of his strength regimen, he works his peroneal muscles (which run along the ankles) and his adductors (the muscles in your groin and inner thigh).
- Adduction is a more extensive movement than abduction because abduction is limited by the lateral side of the radius.