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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
adduction
    n 1: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis
         of the body
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce.]
   1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
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            An adduction of facts gathered from various
            quarters.                             --I. Taylor.
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   2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are
      drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction.
      --Dunglison.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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