单词 | abductor |
释义 | abductorn. 1. Anatomy and Zoology. Any muscle that draws a part of the body away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Frequently attributive, esp. in abductor muscle. Contrasted with adductor.Also with distinguishing scientific Latin word, typically in the genitive and specifying the part moved by the muscle, as abductor minimi digiti minimi, abductor of the little finger (or toe), abductor pollicis, abductor of the thumb (or, in early use, the big toe), etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun] sphincter1578 raiser1588 in-muscle?1609 oblique1612 abducens1615 abductor1615 adductor1615 antagonist1615 bender1615 depressor1615 extender1615 flexor1615 levator1615 quadratus1615 rectus1615 retractor1615 sphincter-muscle1615 accelerator1638 bicepsa1641 elevator1646 adducent1649 lifter1649 rotator1657 flector1666 contractor1682 dilater1683 orbicularis palpebrarum1694 transverse muscle1696 tensor muscle1704 biventer1706 extensor1713 attollent1728 constrictor1741 dilator1741 risibles1785 orbicularis oculi1797 obliquus1799 erector1828 extensor-muscle1830 compressor1836 trans-muscle1836 antagonizer1844 motor1846 evertor1848 inflector1851 protractor1853 prime mover1860 orbicular1872 transversalis1872 invertor1875 skeletal muscle1877 dilatator1878 occlusor muscle1878 sphincter1879 pilomotor1892 agonist1896 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 743 For euery Muscle almost hath set vnto him another, whose action is contrary to his as..to an adductor is set an abductor. 1694 W. Cowper Μυοτομια Reformata xxxv. 214 The great Toe is moved by its Proper Muscles, which we reckon to be six in number, namely, Extensor Pollicis Longus, and Extensor Brevis,..Adductor and Abductor Pollicis. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. ii. 327 By being inserted into one of the Sesamoid Bones of the great Toe, diverts the Power of the Abductor Muscle. 1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 439 The muscles that open the eyelids..may be called the elevator, depressor, adductor, and abductor. 1829 J. Bell & C. Bell Anat. & Physiol. Human Body (ed. 7) II. 577 The superficial branch passes by the side of the abductor minimi digiti, to the integuments on the ulnar side of the hand. 1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. 282 Some muscles move a bone away from a given axis, and are therefore termed abductors. 1950 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 50 552/1 Sometimes the doctor wishes the patient to lie on his side with the stump supported only by the other thigh so that gravity will help to relax the abductors completely. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes iv. 39/2 They [sc. chaenichthyids] even lack typical red muscle, instead having yellow muscle in the heart and in the adductor and abductor muscles of the pectoral fin. 2. A person who abducts another; a person who commits abduction. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > kidnapper or abductor > [noun] man-thiefeOE men-stealer1526 man-stealer1582 spirit1611 plagiary1613 spiriter1665 kidnapper1678 silver-cooper1796 abductor1809 body snatcher1852 shanghaier1917 snatcher1932 1809 J. Ritson Jurisdict. Court Leet (ed. 2) vi. 22 Of abductors, of wives, and nuns. 1872 Daily News Nov. 6 The women themselves, most interested in the immunities of their sex, usually gave their sympathy to the abductors. 1920 E. R. Burroughs Thuvia iii. 46 A dozen red warriors leaped from the entrance of a nearby..palace, pursuing the abductor with naked swords and shouts of rageful warning. 1954 M. Noel Villains Galore xv. 165 The detective went right on rescuing heroines from their abductors. 1992 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Dec. a18 The abductors had only one small, handmade pistol among the four of them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1615 |
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