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Adduction

noun
1.
(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body.





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"Adduction" Quotes from Famous Books



... sort, which he accepts as authoritative, and which he regards as having a bearing upon the particular instance in question. That individual decisions should be capable of some sort of justification by the adduction of a reason or reasons is generally admitted. No sane man would maintain the general proposition that the consequences of acts should be wholly disregarded in determining whether they are ...
— A Handbook of Ethical Theory • George Stuart Fullerton
... fact, that in all these corpses the thumb exhibited a singular attitude—that of adduction or attraction inward, which I had never noted either ...
— Delsarte System of Oratory • Various


Words linked to "Adduction" :   movement, adduct, motion, physiology, move, motility


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