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
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Specifically, his right adductor, four balls into his second over of the day.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Florida leaves for a six-game trip Monday and Matthew Tkachuk — who has yet to play this season following August surgery to repair a torn adductor and sports hernia — will be on the plane.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
With muscle confusion, your muscle fibers will see an increase in density and size, Hamilton explains, which translates to more muscle volume overall—especially in your hamstrings, adductors, and quads, suggests a small 2020 study in the European Journal of Sports Science.
—Danielle Zickl, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
Arguably none had a more positive impact than Finnegan, who missed two weeks in September with a right adductor strain.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Florida leaves for a six-game trip Monday and Matthew Tkachuk — who has yet to play this season following August surgery to repair a torn adductor and sports hernia — will be on the plane.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
With muscle confusion, your muscle fibers will see an increase in density and size, Hamilton explains, which translates to more muscle volume overall—especially in your hamstrings, adductors, and quads, suggests a small 2020 study in the European Journal of Sports Science.
—Danielle Zickl, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
Arguably none had a more positive impact than Finnegan, who missed two weeks in September with a right adductor strain.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Adductor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adductor. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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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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