abducent ab·du·cent US/æbˈdus.ənt/ uncommon obsolete adjective (1) noun (1) adjective 1. especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part Synonymsabducting Antonymsadducent noun 1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye Synonymsabducent nerveabducensabducens nervenervus abducenssixth cranial nerve Related words Word family abducent nerve Broader terms cranial nerve WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
