ADDUCT
\ɐdˈʌkt], \ɐdˈʌkt], \ɐ_d_ˈʌ_k_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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[Latin] To draw toward the median line. Of the arm, thigh, and leg, to draw their distal extremities toward the antero-posterior median plane of the body; of the hand, to draw its extremities toward the ulnar side of the forearm; of the foot, to rotate its extremity toward the median plane of the body; of the fingers or toes, to draw their distal extremities toward the median line of the hand or foot (but, according to some, to draw them toward the median plane of the body= for the two inner toes and fingers abduction in the ordinary sense of the word) ; of the eye, to rotate in a horizontal plane toward the nose.
By Alexander Duane
By Sir Augustus Henry
Word of the day
Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.