adductor

n. muscle that contracts towards a central axis (Physiology)

Adductor can refer to:One of the anatomical terms of motionThe adductor longus, adductor magnus, and adductor brevis musclesAdductor canal
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Noun
1. a muscle that draws a part toward the median line
(synonym) adductor muscle
(hypernym) skeletal muscle, striated muscle
(hyponym) musculus adductor brevis
(derivation) adduct

(n.)
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; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.
  

Any muscle that pulls inward toward the midline of the body. For example, the adductor muscles of the leg serve to pull the legs together. The opposite of "adductor" is "abductor."