- abducens
- SYN: abducent. [L.]
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ab·du·cens (ab-dooґsənz) [L. “drawing awayâ€] serving to abduct a part, used in names of structures (e.g., nervus abducens).
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abducens
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abducens — n. 1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. Syn: abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abdūcens — (Nervus a.), äußerer Augenmuskelnerv, s. Auge … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
abducens — noun The abducens nerve: the nerve in humans and most animals that governs the motion of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye Syn: abducent nerve, abducens nerve, sixth nerve … Wiktionary
abducens — noun a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye • Syn: ↑abducent, ↑abducent nerve, ↑abducens nerve, ↑nervus abducens, ↑sixth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve … Useful english dictionary
abducens — noun see abducens nerve … New Collegiate Dictionary
abducens — /ab dooh senz, seuhnz, dyooh /, n., pl. abducentes /ab doo sen teez, dyoo /. See abducens nerve. [ < L, prp. of abducere to ABDUCE] * * * … Universalium
abducens — ab|du̱cens [zu lat. abducere = ab , wegziehen, wegführen]: abziehend, nach außen ziehend; z. B. in der Fügung ↑Nervus abducens … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
Abducens — atitraukimas statusas T sritis gyvūnų anatomija, gyvūnų morfologija atitikmenys: lot. Abducens ryšiai: platesnis terminas – pagrindiniai terminai … Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai
abducens palsy — abducens nerve palsy paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye due to lesion of the abducens nerve, with internal strabismus and diplopia. Called also abducens paralysis and lateral rectus or sixth nerve palsy … Medical dictionary
abducens nerve — n either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves, arise beneath the floor of the fourth ventricle, and supply the lateral rectus muscle of each eye called also abducent nerve, sixth cranial nerve * * * the sixth cranial nerves… … Medical dictionary
