Abducens Definition

ăb-do͝osənz, -dyo͝o-
abducentes
noun
Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye.
American Heritage Medicine
(anatomy) The abducens nerve: the nerve in humans and most animals that governs the motion of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. [Early 19th century.]
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Noun

Singular:
abducens
Plural:
abducentes

Origin of Abducens

  • Shortening of "abducens nerve", in turn from Latin nervus abducens, from abducent, abducens

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin abdūcēns present participle of abdūcere to take away abduct

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

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