Dictionary

adduct en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæ.dʌkt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• ăʹ-dŭkt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

Meanings

1. The product of an addition reaction.

Forms

Deriveds

homoadduct · photoadduct · adductome · hyperadduct · hexakisadduct · heteroadduct · diadduct · bisadduct · monoadduct · triadduct · cycloadduct

Translations (10)

ru адду́кция (to draw towards a center or a middle line) · fr adduit (the product of an addition reaction) · pl addukt (the product of an addition reaction) · el προσθήκη (the product of an addition reaction) · ru приведе́ние (to draw towards a center or a middle line) · nl adduceren (to draw towards a center or a middle line) · fi addukti (the product of an addition reaction) · de Addukt (the product of an addition reaction) · ro aduct (the product of an addition reaction) · ru адду́кт (the product of an addition reaction)

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adduct en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈdʌkt/
• ə-dŭktʹ
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adductus, past participle of adduco. See adduce.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
   • The therapist explained how certain muscles adduct the leg toward the body.
   • The patient was unable to adduct his thumb after the injury.
   • Coordinate term: circumduct
   • to adduct a limb

Forms

Antonyms

abduct

Deriveds

hyperadducted · adductor · monoadducted · unadducted · nonadducted

Relateds

adduction