[syn: abducent, abducting]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
abducent \abducent\ n.
1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle
of the eye.
Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial
nerve
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
abducent \abducent\ adj.
1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or
from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles adducent
Syn: abducting
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
abducent
adj 1: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of
the body or from an adjacent part [syn: abducent,
abducting] [ant: adducent, adducting, adductive]
n 1: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of
the eye [syn: abducent, abducent nerve, abducens,
abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve]