adduct (adukt)

t. [L. adduct us, pp. of adducerc: see adduce.] 1. To draw on; induce; allure. Either impelled by lewd disposition or adducted by hope of rewarde. Time's Storehouse , p. 680. 2. In physiol., to bring to or toward a median line or main axis. See adduction, 2. The pectineus and three adductors adduct the thigh powerfully. H. Gray, Anat., p. 412. adduction (a-duk's hon), n. [ adductio ( n- ), L. adducere , pp. adduct us : see adduce .] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward something as evidence in support of a contention or an argument. [Rare.] An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. Is. Taylor. 2. (a) In physiol., the action of the adductor or adducent muscles. (b) In surg., the adducent action of a surgeon upon a limb or other member of the body; the position of a part which is the result of such action: the opposite of ab duction. In either use, adduction consists in bringing a limb to or toward the long axis of the body, so that it shall be parallel therewith or with its fellow; or in bringing together two or several similar parts, as the spread fingers of the human hand, the opened shells of a bivalve mollusk, etc.