different between adductor vs extensor

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

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