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adductor
noun
ad·duc·tor
ə-ˈdək-tər
a-
1
: a muscle that draws a part toward the median line of the body or toward the axis of an extremity
2
: a muscle that closes the valves of a bivalve mollusk
Examples of adductor in a Sentence
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Hands worked fast, flicking adductors into buckets and guts down chutes that plopped them onto greenish water beside the hull.
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C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Since signing a two-year, $62 million free-agent deal on March 19, Snell has made only three starts for the Giants, going 0-3 with an 11.57 ERA before straining the adductor muscle in his left groin during a bullpen session earlier this month.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Patrick Bailey’s ninth-inning heroics save SF Giants on night Joey Bart returns and Kyle Harrison shines
MEDICAL UPDATES
Blake Snell (left adductor strain) is slated to throw a bullpen session Wednesday in San Francisco, a week after going on the injured list.
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
Forward Leo Campana, who scored against D.C. last weekend, is questionable with a strained adductor.
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Adductor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adductor. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
adductor
noun
ad·duc·tor
ə-ˈdək-tər
: a muscle that draws a body part (as an arm or finger) toward or past a plane or a line that divides the body or a hand or foot into right and left halves
Medical Definition
adductor
noun
ad·duc·tor
-ˈdək-tər
1
: any of three powerful triangular muscles that contribute to the adduction of the human thigh:
a
: one arising from the superior ramus of the pubis and inserted into the middle third of the linea aspera
called also adductor longus
b
: one arising from the inferior ramus of the pubis and inserted into the iliopectineal line and the upper part of the linea aspera
called also adductor brevis
c
: one arising from the inferior ramus of the pubis and the ischium and inserted behind the first two into the linea aspera
called also adductor magnus
2
: any of several muscles other than the adductors of the thigh that draw a part toward the median line of the body or toward the axis of an extremity
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