Adduct Definition

ə-dŭkt, ă-dŭkt

adducts

verb

adducts

To pull (a part of the body) toward the median axis.

Webster's New World

To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.

American Heritage Medicine

(physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.

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Antonyms:

noun

A chemical compound that forms from the addition of two or more substances.

American Heritage Medicine

(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.

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Other Word Forms of Adduct

Singular:

adduct

Plural:

From Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce

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Back-formation from adductor

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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