different between abductor vs abduct

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?k.t?/, /æb?d?k.t?/

Etymology 1

abduct +? -or

Noun

abductor (plural abductors)

1. One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Antonyms

• abductee

Translations

Etymology 2

From New Latin abductor, from abd?c? + -tor.

Noun

abductor (plural abductors or abductores)

1. (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century]

   the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

Antonyms

• abductee
• adductor

Translations

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French abducteur

Adjective

abductor m or n (feminine singular abductoare, masculine plural abductori, feminine and neuter plural abductoare)

1. abductive

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin abductor, from abd?c? + -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdu??to?/, [a??.ð?u???t?o?]

Noun

abductor m (plural abductores)

1. (anatomy) abductor

Derived terms

• abductor largo del pulgar
• abductor del meñique

Related terms

• abducir

Further reading

• “abductor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”).

• (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?kt/, /æb?d?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)

1. (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17^th century.]

2. (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. [Early 17^th century.]

Synonyms

• carry off
• drag away
• kidnap
• run away with
• seize
• spirit away
• stretch
• take away

Antonyms

• adduct
• reinstate
• restore

Derived terms

• abductee
• abductive

Related terms

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