Phys. [a. L. addūctor a bringer to; also in the Phys. sense.] A muscle that draws any limb, or part of the body, towards the trunk or main axis, or which folds or closes extended parts of the body. Also attrib. with muscle.
1746. Parsons, Hum. Physiogn., i. 17, in Phil. Trans., XLIV. The Adductor arises tendinous and fleshy from the edge of the Hole of the optic Nerve.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 296/1. There are [in birds] most commonly three adductors of the thigh.
1859. Carpenter, Anim. Physiol., i. (1872), 41. The animal forcibly draws them together by its adductor muscle.
