abducent

English Thesaurus

1. a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (noun.body)

hypernym	:	cranial nerve,
definition	:	any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem (noun.body)

2. especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part (adj.all)

domain category	:	physiology,
definition	:	the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	adducent, adducting, adductive,
definition	:	especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part (adj.all)

antonym	:	adducent, adducting, adductive,
definition	:	especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part (adj.all)