abducent adj 1: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducent}, {abducting}] [ant: {adducent}, {adducting}, {adductive}] n 1: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: {abducent}, {abducent nerve}, {abducens}, {abducens nerve}, {nervus abducens}, {sixth cranial nerve}]
abducent \abducent\ n. 1. 1 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Syn: abducent nerve, abducens, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve [WordNet 1.5]
abducent \abducent\ adj. 1. 1 (physiol) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles {adducent} Syn: abducting [WordNet 1.5]