different between abduction vs aberration

English

Etymology

From Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + d?c? (“to lead”). Equivalent to abduct +? -ion.

• (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
• Compare French abduction.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?d?k.?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?k.?n?/, /æb?d?k.?n?/, /?b?d?k.?n?/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from adduction) IPA^(key): /?e?.?bi?.d?k.?n?/

Noun

abduction (countable and uncountable, plural abductions)

1. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17^th century.]
2. (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17^th century.]
   • 2013, Jain, MD, MSPH; Wilcox, PT; Katz, MD, MS; Higgins, MD, "Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff", PM&R Journal, retrieved from PubMed Central on 21 Jan 2018.

     Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.

3. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17^th century.]
4. (law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18^th century.]

Usage notes

• In Gregg shorthand (version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

Synonyms

• (legal, carrying off of human being): appropriation; kidnapping; seizure; withdrawal
• (logic): retroduction; abstraction

Antonyms

• (physiology): adduction

replacement; restitution; restoration; surrender; reinstatement

Derived terms

• alien abduction

Related terms

• abduce
• abduct
• abductive

Translations

References

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.dyk.sj??/

Noun

abduction f (plural abductions)

1. (physiology) Abductive movement; abduction.
2. (logic, computing) Abductive reasoning; abduction.

Further reading

• “abduction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”).

Noun

abduction (plural abductiones)

1. abduction

English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin aberr?ti? (“relief, diversion”), first attested in 1594 , from aberr? (“wander away, go astray”), from ab (“away”) + err? (“wander”). Compare French aberration. Equivalent to aberrate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.???e?.?n?/

Noun

aberration (countable and uncountable, plural aberrations)

1. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16^th century.]
2. (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18^th century.]
3. (astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18^th century.]
   1. (astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
4. A partial alienation of reason. [Early 19^th century.]
5. A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19^th century.]
6. (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19^th century.]
7. (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

French

Etymology

From Latin aberrationem, aberratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.?a.sj??/

Noun

aberration f (plural aberrations)

1. aberration
2. the state of being aberrant
3. (astronomy) aberration
4. (optics) aberration
5. (physiology) aberration or mutation

Related terms

• aberrer

Further reading

• “aberration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abornerait, arboraient