noun
- A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
- synonyms: abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
adjective
- Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part.
- synonyms: abducting
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