adductor

noun

ad·duc·tor ə-ˈdək-tər How to pronounce adductor (audio)

: a muscle that draws a part toward the median line of the body or toward the axis of an extremity

: a muscle that closes the valves of a bivalve mollusk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Fagan suggests a few minutes of leg swings and striders as well as the dynamic adductor stretch, and 90/90 stretch.

Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 13 Aug. 2022 Seibert opened last season as Lions kicker, but missed the second half of the year after undergoing adductor surgery.

Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2022 Frostad said injuries to the adductor muscles, which are on the inside of the hip, near the groin, are common in hockey and becoming more common in baseball.

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 INF David Fletcher had surgery today to repair the adductor muscles in both legs.

oregonlive, 10 May 2022 Martinez left last Wednesday’s game against the Blue Jays because of left adductor tightness and had not played since.

Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2022 Manager Gabe Kapler said before the team’s finale with Washington on Sunday that Pederson (adductor strain) and Slater (knee) might be available off the bench.

Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2022 But the Bulls were bolstered by their star duo of Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan, who returned to the court together after DeRozan missed the last game in New Orleans with an adductor strain.

Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2022 Harris’ first time back in Denver with the Magic — when the Nuggets played a tribute video for Harris — came on April 4, 2021, but he was sidelined with a left adductor strain, meaning Monday was his first time playing in Denver since being traded.

Khobi Price, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Feb. 2022 See More

Medical Definition

adductor

noun

ad·duc·tor -ˈdək-tər How to pronounce adductor (audio)

: any of three powerful triangular muscles that contribute to the adduction of the human thigh:

: one arising from the superior ramus of the pubis and inserted into the middle third of the linea aspera

called also adductor longus

: one arising from the inferior ramus of the pubis and inserted into the iliopectineal line and the upper part of the linea aspera

called also adductor brevis

: one arising from the inferior ramus of the pubis and the ischium and inserted behind the first two into the linea aspera

called also adductor magnus

: any of several muscles other than the adductors of the thigh that draw a part toward the median line of the body or toward the axis of an extremity

单词	adductor
释义	adductor noun ad·duc·tor ə-ˈdək-tər a- 1 : a muscle that draws a part toward the median line of the body or toward the axis of an extremity 2 : a muscle that closes the valves of a bivalve mollusk Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Fagan suggests a few minutes of leg swings and striders as well as the dynamic adductor stretch, and 90/90 stretch. Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 13 Aug. 2022 Seibert opened last season as Lions kicker, but missed the second half of the year after undergoing adductor surgery. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2022 Frostad said injuries to the adductor muscles, which are on the inside of the hip, near the groin, are common in hockey and becoming more common in baseball. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 INF David Fletcher had surgery today to repair the adductor muscles in both legs. oregonlive, 10 May 2022 Martinez left last Wednesday’s game against the Blue Jays because of left adductor tightness and had not played since. Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2022 Manager Gabe Kapler said before the team’s finale with Washington on Sunday that Pederson (adductor strain) and Slater (knee) might be available off the bench. Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2022 But the Bulls were bolstered by their star duo of Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan, who returned to the court together after DeRozan missed the last game in New Orleans with an adductor strain. Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2022 Harris’ first time back in Denver with the Magic — when the Nuggets played a tribute video for Harris — came on April 4, 2021, but he was sidelined with a left adductor strain, meaning Monday was his first time playing in Denver since being traded. Khobi Price, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from New Latin, going back to Late Latin, "conductor," from Latin addūcere "to lead or bring (to a place)" + -tor, agent suffix — more at adduce First Known Use 1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition adductor noun ad·duc·tor -ˈdək-tər 1 : any of three powerful triangular muscles that contribute to the adduction of the human thigh: a : one arising from the superior ramus of the pubis and inserted into the middle third of the linea aspera called also adductor longus b : one arising from the inferior ramus of the pubis and inserted into the iliopectineal line and the upper part of the linea aspera called also adductor brevis c : one arising from the inferior ramus of the pubis and the ischium and inserted behind the first two into the linea aspera called also adductor magnus 2 : any of several muscles other than the adductors of the thigh that draw a part toward the median line of the body or toward the axis of an extremity
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adductor

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Medical Definition

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