[ adj ] especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part <adj.all>
Adducent \Ad*du"cent\, a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to {abducent}.