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adduct
CIDE DICTIONARY
adduct, v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.].
To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adduct, v.tr. draw towards a middle line, esp. draw (a limb) towards the middle line of the body.
Derivative
adduction n.
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