"abducent" in the noun sense
1. abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
"abducent" in the adjective sense
1. abducent, abducting
especially of muscles drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
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