| ADJECTIVE | all | abducent, abducting | especially of muscles |
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| NOUN | body | abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve | a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye |
| Meaning | especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part. | |
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| Synonym | abducting | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Opposite | adducent, adductive, adducting | especially of muscles |
| Meaning | A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. | |
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| Synonyms | abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve | |
| Broader | cranial nerve | Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem |