adduction

noun

ad·​duc·​tion ə-ˈdək-shən 

a-

1

: the action of adducting : the state of being adducted

2

: the act or action of adducing

Examples of adduction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cable hip adduction targets the adductor muscles effectively using a cable machine. —Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025

Abduction and adduction are essential to rehabilitation after injury or surgery. —Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 30 July 2025

The pec major is responsible for adduction of the arm (movement in toward the body's midline) and rotation of the arm forward, while the pec minor is responsible for moving your ribs and shoulders. —Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023

The latissimus is a powerful muscle that depresses the clavicle and scapula—the shoulder girdle—and lifts the waist up to the arms, while also pulling the upper arm bones toward the trunk and into shoulder extension and adduction (see the illustration below). —Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Middle English adduccioun "act of conveying," borrowed from Medieval Latin adductiōn-, adductiō, going back to Late Latin, "attraction, contraction," from Latin addūcere "to lead or bring (to a place)," + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at adduce

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for adduction

• abduction
• conduction
• construction
• deduction
• destruction
• eduction
• induction
• instruction
• obstruction
• production
• reduction
• seduction

Medical Definition

adduction

noun

ad·​duc·​tion ə-ˈdək-shən, a- 

: the action of adducting : the state of being adducted