abducens

noun

abducens

noun

UK /abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/ · US /æbˈd(j)uˌsɛnz/

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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of abducens nerve.

Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once:[…]1895, Frederic Shepard Dennis, editor, System of Surgery, volume 2, page 672:

Derived terms: abducens labiorum, abducens muscle, abducens oculi

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