different between abductor vs extensor

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ns?(?)

Noun

extensor (plural extensors)

1. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

     Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

Translations

See also

• flexor
• quadriceps
• triceps

Romanian

Etymology

From French extenseur.

Noun

extensor n (plural extensori)

1. extensor

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

extensor (feminine extensora, masculine plural extensores, feminine plural extensoras)

1. extending; that which extends

Noun

extensor m (plural extensores)

1. (anatomy) extensor

Derived terms

• extensor corto del pulgar
• extensor del índice
• extensor radial corto del carpo
• extensor radial largo del carpo
• extensor ulnar del carpo