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adduct Definition

ad·duct (a dukt′, ə-)

transitive verb

Physiol. to pull (a part of the body) toward the median axis: said of a muscle

Etymology: < L adductus, pp. of adducere: see adduce

adduct Related Forms
ad·duc′·tive (--duk′tiv) adjective ad·duc′·tor noun
adduct Usage Examples

Object

  • formation: For a bona fide case of puckering, due to adduct formation, see: Meijers et al.
  • study: Approximately half of the animals were used at various time points up to 28 days for DNA adduct studies.

Preposition: in

  • liver: Depending on the amount of garlic they ate, the rats had a 40 to 80 percent reduction in the adducts in the liver.
  • lung: There was no convincing evidence that chemical mutagens adsorbed to diesel exhaust induced novel DNA adducts in the lungs from any exposed group.