Usually means: Muscles that pull limbs inward.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. adductors: Merriam-Webster
  2. adductors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. adductors: Vocabulary.com
  4. adductors: Wordnik
  5. adductors: Wiktionary
  6. adductors: Dictionary.com
  7. adductors: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. adductors: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. adductors: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  3. adductors: Medical dictionary

(Note: See adductor as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (adductor)

noun:  (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.
▸ Also see adductor


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