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]