different between adductor vs adductory

English

Etymology

From Latin adduco. Equivalent to adduct +? -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?kt?(?)/
• Hyphenation: ad?duc?tor

Noun

adductor (plural adductors or adductores)

1. (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
   • 1908, Addison Emery Verrill, Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda

     He has also shown that the adductor muscles of the dactyl are very strong and so arranged as to produce the effect , while the opposing muscles are slender

Coordinate terms

• abductor

Related terms

• adduction

Translations

Interlingua

Noun

adductor (plural adductores)

1. adducer
2. adductor

Latin

Etymology

From add?c? +? -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ad?duk.tor/, [äd??d??kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad?duk.tor/, [?d??d?ukt??r]

Noun

adductor m (genitive adduct?ris); third declension

1. a procurer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• adductor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Adjective

adductory (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Operating as an adductor.