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Adductor   Listen
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Adductor  n.  (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. "In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles."






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"Adductor" Quotes from Famous Books



... cooking. These should be carefully washed, then drained and set aside in a marinade for an hour. When cooked, they should be heated to the boiling-point in their own liquor, then drained and cut in halves. The adductor muscle of the oyster—the white, button-shaped part that connects the animal with its shell—is often discarded. Other fish than shellfish, when used in salads, are boiled, broiled or baked; they ...
— Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties - With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes • Janet McKenzie Hill



Words linked to "Adductor" :   great adductor muscle, musculus adductor longus, striated muscle, skeletal muscle, adduct, musculus adductor magnus, musculus adductor brevis



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