(2) ABDUCTION (Law) (Lat. abductio, abducere, to |
(2) In anatomy and physiology, abduction refers to the moving of limbs away from the midline of the body, or to the muscles that perform this. For example, the [abductor muscles]? of the human thigh? are used to spread the legs? apart. (3) ABDUCTION (Law) (Lat. abductio, abducere, to |