adduct

verb, noun — 2 senses

adduct

verb

/əˈdʌkt/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

1

Medicine, Physiology, Sciences To draw towards a center or a middle line.

Coordinate term: circumduct
The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.

2 more examples

The patient was unable to adduct his thumb after the injury.
to adduct a limb

Derived terms: adductor, hyperadducted, monoadducted, nonadducted, unadducted
Related terms: adduction

adduct

noun

/ˈæ.dʌkt/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

1

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The product of an addition reaction.

Derived terms: adductome, bisadduct, cycloadduct, diadduct, heteroadduct, homoadduct, hyperadduct, monoadduct, photoadduct, triadduct

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Conjugation of “adduct”, all tenses