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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

abducens en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /abˈdjuː.sənz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /abˈdjuː.sn̩z/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /æbˈd(j)uˌsɛnz/ (General-American)
  • /abˈd͡ʒuː.sn̩z/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
    • Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once:[…] 1895, Frederic Shepard Dennis, editor, System of Surgery, volume 2, page 672:

Forms

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Deriveds

abducens oculi · abducens muscle · abducens labiorum