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adduction

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adduction [ə′dək·shən]
(physiology)
Movement of one part of the body toward another or toward the median axis of the body.


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For every flexion, there is an extension; we balance abduction with adduction, slow movements with fast, small with large.
Police said, at the time of the adduction, a teacher tried to protect the child, but was unable to keep the suspects from taking her.
* Hip adduction (medial movement of legs toward the body's mid-line).
 
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