adducted

Pulled toward center

Adducted describes a body part that has been drawn toward the midline of the body.

The term appears in medical and anatomical contexts: The patient's adducted arm was held close to the torso.

It is the past tense and participial form of adduct, the opposite of abduct in anatomical terminology.

anatomical

abduction

Unlawful seizure of person

supination · pronation · pectoralis · latissimus · teres · rhomboid · sartorius · scapula · femur · pelvis

movement

drawn

Rendered in lines

converged · closed · squeezed · approximated · brought together · tucked · narrowed · aligned · stabilized

muscular

tensor

Multilinear algebraic object

tightening · shortening · tension · spasm · strain · strengthening

clinical

physical therapy

Rehabilitative movement-based medical care

spasticity · range of motion · manual therapy · stretching · mobilization · assessment · dysfunction · impairment

Opposites
anatomical movement direction

adductedabducted

Taken by force

spread · splayed · separated · opened · abducting

Family

adduct, adduction, adductor, adductors

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