Meaning

noun a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

adjective especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin abducōbor. English abducent Borrowed from Latin abducō (“to lead away”).

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