English adjective: abducent | |||
1. | abducent especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | ||
Synonyms | abducting | ||
Domain category | physiology | ||
Antonyms | adducent, adducting, adductive | ||
English noun: abducent | |||
1. | abducent (body) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye | ||
Synonyms | abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cranial nerve | ||