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adduction

Definition of adduction

Etymology

    Compare French adduction. See adduce.

Noun

adduction (plural adductions)

  1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.

    An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.

  2. (physiology) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.

References

  • adduction in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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