adduction

English Thesaurus

1. (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body (noun.act)

hypernym	:	motility, motion, move, movement,
definition	:	a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun.act)

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

derivation	:	adduct,
definition	:	draw a limb towards the body (verb.contact)

derivation	:	adduct,
definition	:	draw a limb towards the body (verb.contact)