| NOUN | body | adductor, adductor muscle | a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line |
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| Meaning | A muscle that draws a body part toward the median line. | |
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| Synonym | adductor muscle | |
| Narrower | musculus adductor brevis | The short adductor muscle of the thigh |
| musculus adductor hallucis | The adductor muscle of the great toe | |
| musculus adductor longus | The long adductor muscle of the thigh | |
| musculus adductor magnus, great adductor muscle | The muscle that adducts and extends the thigh | |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Verbs | adduct | draw a limb towards the body |