If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate

Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 20. abducens (ab-du's enz), n.; pl. abducentes (-sen'tēz). [L.: see abducent, a.] In an at., one of the sixth pair of cranial nerves: so called because it is the motor nerve of the rectus extern us (external straight) muscle of the eye, which turns the eyeball outward. abducent (ab-du's ent), a. and n. [L. abdu cen(t-)s, ppr. of abducere , draw away: see ab duce.] I. a . Drawing away; pulling aside. In an at ., specifically applied-(a) to those muscles which draw certain parts of the body away from the axial line of the trunk or of a limb, in contradistinction to the ad ducent muscles or adductors; (b) to motor nerves which effect this action.-Abducent nerves, the sixth pair of cranial nerves; the abducentes.