3 definitions
for abducent
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
abducent \abducent\ n.
1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle
of the eye.
Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial
nerve
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
abducent \abducent\ adj.
1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or
from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles adducent
Syn: abducting
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
abducent
adj : especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the
body or from an adjacent part [syn: abducting] [ant:
adducent]
n : a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of
the eye [syn: abducent nerve, abducens, abducens
nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve]
