Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a compound formed by an addition reaction;
VERB (1)
1.
draw a limb towards the body;
- Example: "adduct the thigh muscle"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adduct \Ad*duct"\, v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See
Adduce.] (Physiol.)
To draw towards a common center or a middle line. --Huxley.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adduct
n 1: a compound formed by an addition reaction
v 1: draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
[ant: abduct]