adductor

noun

ad·​duc·​tor ə-ˈdək-tər How to pronounce adductor (audio)
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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The team’s lack of defensive depth was fully tested during last match, when defender Antonio Carlos was sidelined with an adductor injury. Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 13 July 2021 Harris will miss his second consecutive game with an adductor strain and Millsap will miss his fifth straight game with a left knee contusion. Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2020 Maeda went on the injured list with a right adductor strain after his last start in Cleveland. Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 29 May 2021 Jaylen Brown missed a few games recently with adductor tightness, while the Celtics have made the wise decision not to play the 36-year-old Horford on back-to-back nights during the regular season. Hunter Felt, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023 Finney-Smith, returning from a right adductor strain, could think of no better test than to go nose-to-nose with the NBA’s leading scorer. Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023 Playing without Andrew Wiggins (adductor strain) for the third straight game, the Warriors needed their remaining stars to show up in this rematch of June’s NBA Finals, which Golden State won in six games. C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2022 Next came news that Jusuf Nurkic (right adductor soreness) and Shaedon Sharpe (right finger sprain) also would be sidelined with injuries. oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022 Maeda, last year's runner-up for the AL Cy Young Award, went on the 10-day injury list May 23 with a right adductor strain. News Services, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021 See More

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, going back to Late Latin, "conductor," from Latin addūcere "to lead or bring (to a place)" + -tor, agent suffix — more at adduce

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of adductor was in 1615

Dictionary Entries Near adductor

Cite this Entry

“Adductor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adductor. Accessed 8 Jun. 2023.

Kids Definition

adductor

noun
ad·​duc·​tor ə-ˈdək-tər How to pronounce adductor (audio)
: 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 How to pronounce adductor (audio)
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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