adduct

Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

• Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

• enPR: ə-dŭktʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdʌkt/

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Noun

• enPR: ăʹ-dŭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dʌkt/

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adduct (third-person singular simple present adducts, present participle adducting, simple past and past participle adducted)

2. (transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.

   Antonym: abduct

   Coordinate term: circumduct

   The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.

   The patient was unable to adduct his thumb after the injury.

   to adduct a limb

adduct (plural adducts)

2. (chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.

   hip adduct