abductor
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5.9
- noun
- /æbˈdʌktər/
- Specialized
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músculo abductor
- Right, Those adductors and abductors to help move those legs sideways.
- hip abductor
- abductor brevis
- abductor muscle
Right, Those adductors and abductors to help move those legs sideways.
- Right, Those adductors and abductors to help move those legs sideways.
- And Jane wasn't even there to see the tenement and how much weight they put on their own abductor.
Examples
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Are you frenemies with the abductor machine and constantly trying to incorporate this thigh exercise into your weekly workouts?
Blog text (16) -
Athletes need strong abductor muscles to help them maintain balance and proper form while running.
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You get a little bonus AB work really working into those abductors outside of the leg.
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My my good friend Matt Mask, when he arm wrestled me, he actually blew his internal abductor in his in his leg.
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Hip abductors.
Academic text (2001) -
I have also had nagging hip injuries, including hip flexor strain, hip tendonitis, and abductor issues.
Blog text (5) -
I do this once in a while to keep my abductor pollicis limber, so I don't have a lot of patter with it, but it's called a thumb palm, you want to feel that?
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The fascia between the extensor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicis longus was opened.
Academic text (2015) -
I have noticed that sitting out several months has not only robbed me of a ton of visible muscle, it has also weakened a bunch of smaller, less-visible muscle groups such as hip abductors and internal core muscles.
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To strengthen your outer thighs, it's important to include exercises that target the hip abductor muscles.
Synonyms
A muscle that moves a limb or other body part away from the body's middle
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A muscle that moves a limb or other body part away from the body's middle
- Specialized
A small hand muscle that moves the little finger away from the other fingers
- Specialized
A small foot muscle that moves the little toe away from the other toes
- Specialized
A foot muscle that moves the big toe away from the other toes and bends it
- Specialized
A muscle in the thumb that moves the thumb away from the hand
Surface Forms
Morphology
abductor = abduct (transparent) = ab + duct + or
Standard agent-noun formation from the verb 'abduct' (abduct + -or), meaning a thing or person that performs the action.
Etymology
Abductor comes from Latin parts ab- 'away' and ducere 'to lead', and you can see the same 'lead' idea in the word conduct. In the body, an abductor is a muscle that 'leads a limb away' from the middle, so it moves a part to the side.