Adductor

Definition: Adductor

Adductor

Noun

1. A muscle that draws a part toward the median line.

Etymology: Adductor \Ad*duc"tor\, noun. [Latin expression, from adducere.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Adductor

Domain	Definitions
Health	A muscle that draws a part toward the median line. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Adductor

Synonym: adductor muscle (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Adductor

English words defined with "adductor": adductor muscle ♦ Bimuscular ♦ Dimyaria ♦ great adductor muscle ♦ Heteromyaria ♦ musculus adductor brevis, musculus adductor hallucis, musculus adductor longus, musculus adductor magnus ♦ Unimuscular. (references)

Specialty definitions using "adductor": cavalry bone ♦ Obturator Nerve. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Adductor

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Botox may relieve the symptoms of both adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia. (references)
		Vocal tremor is characterized by quavering because of adductor and abductor oscillations of the vocal folds. (references)
		As with adductor spasmodic dysphonia, the spasms are often absent during activities such as laughing or singing. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Adductor

"Adductor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adductor" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Adductor

Expressions using "adductor": adductor muscle ♦ great adductor muscle ♦ musculus adductor brevis ♦ musculus adductor hallucis ♦ musculus adductor longus ♦ musculus adductor magnus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adductor

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
adductor	18
adductor machine	11
adductor muscle	9
adductor exercise	8
adductor strain	5
adductor longus	4
adductor hip	4
adductor magnus	4
abductor adductor	3
adductor injury	2
adductor tendonitis	2
adductor longus muscle	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Adductor

Language		Translations for "adductor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		адуктор, привеждач. (various references)

Chinese		内�"�肌. (various references)

Danish		adduktor (adduct), indadfører. (various references)

Dutch		adductor. (various references)

French		adducteur de la cuisse, adducteur, rond de tranche. (various references)

German		Adduktor, Adductor, Rose (burr, compass card, erysipelas, rose, rose window, topside), Oberschale (topside). (various references)

Greek		προσαγωγός (afferent). (various references)

Hungarian		közelítõ izom. (various references)

Italian		adduttore (adducent, duct, dusting tube, lead). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		貝柱 (adductor muscle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かいばしら (adductor muscle). (various references)

Pig Latin		adductoray

Portuguese		adutor (adducent, adduct). (various references)

Russian		аддуктор, приводящая мышца. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		primicač. (various references)

Spanish		aductor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Adductor

Derivations
	Words beginning with "adductor": adductors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Adductor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: additor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Adductor"

Words rhyming with "adductor" (pronounced 'Ad*duc"tor'): Abactor, Abator, Abductor, Accentor, Actor, Adjutor, Administrator, Agistator, Alienator, Amputator, Archtraitor, Arendator, Arpentator, Assentator, BENEFACTOR, Bettor, Betutor, Bisector, Bivector, Buccinator, Calefactor, Calorimotor, Calumniator, Cantor, Captor, Castigator, Causator, Circumferentor, Citator, Coadjutor, Collator, Cornutor, Cremator, Cretor, Cunctator, Curator, Deductor, Delator, Depressomotor, Devotor, Dialector, Dictator, Dilatator, Disceptator, Divaricator, Donator, Ductor, Eductor, Electromotor, Erector, Excerptor, Excito-motor, Excusator, Fautor, fetor, Fictor, Flector, foetor, Glossator, Graduator, Ideo-motor, Imperator, IMPOSTOR, Inceptor, Incito-motor, Inhibitory-motor, Insectator, Interventor, Introductor, laudator, Laxator, lector, Lentor, Levator, Lictor, Ligator, locomotor, Magnetomotor, malefactor, mandator, Manductor, mentor, Mistutor, Mutilator, Narrator, Nervimotor, Nestor, Novator, Numerator, Oculomotor, Olfactor, Palpator, Pastor, Phonomotor, Piscator, Plasmator, Pollinctor, Polyhistor, Potator, Praetor, Precentor, Preceptor, Prelector, Prepostor, Presultor, Pretor, Probator, Prolocutor, Pronator, Propretor, Proproctor, Prorector, Prosector, Psycho-motor, Pulsator, Punctator, Questor, Quittor, Radioconductor, raptor, Recaptor, Rector, redactor, Remittor, Retentor, Rhetor, Rotator, rotor, Scrutator, sculptor, Sectator, sector, Serrator, Servo-motor, spectator, stator, stentor, Subrector, Subtutor, Supinator, Susceptor, Sutor, Telemotor, testator, Tetanomotor, Thermomotor, Tractator, Tronator, Unpastor, Vasomotor, Vector, Vivisector. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Adductor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-o-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: adduct, dotard, outadd, turaco.
	-3 letters: actor, court, doura, ducat, duroc, octad, tardo, taroc.
	-4 letters: arco, auto, card, cart, coat, coda, cord, crud, curd, curt, dado, dart, dato, daut, doat, dour, drat, duad, duct, dura, duro, orad, orca, rato, road, rota, rout, rudd, taco, taro, toad, tora, torc, tour, trad, trod, turd.
	-5 letters: act, add, ado, arc, art, cad, car, cat, cod, cor, cot, cud, cur, cut, dad, doc, dor, dot, dud, duo, oar, oat, oca, odd, ora, orc, ort, oud, our, out, rad, rat, roc, rod, rot, rut, tad, tao, tar, tau, tod, tor, udo, urd, uta.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-o-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: adductors.
	+3 letters: adjudicator, edulcorated, undecorated.
	+4 letters: adjudicators, adjudicatory, cotransduced, overeducated.
	+5 letters: counterdemand, countermanded, counterraided, uncoordinated.
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