Meaning & use
adduct
To move a limb or body part toward the midline of the body.
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The physical therapist asked him to adduct his arm slowly back toward his side.
Certain muscles adduct the leg, pulling it inward toward the body's centerline.
A note on using this word
Adduct is the opposite of abduct in anatomy, describing inward movement rather than outward; in chemistry, an 'adduct' is a compound formed when two molecules combine directly.
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2. noun
(chemistry) A compound formed by the direct combination of two or more separate molecules.
The reaction produced a stable adduct that researchers could isolate and study.
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