Definition of abducent

Overview of noun abducent

The noun abducent has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

(a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye)

Overview of adj abducent

The adj abducent has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. abducent, abducting

(especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part)