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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. [1913 Webster] An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adduction n 1: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "adduction": affinity, allurement, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force, drag, draw, gravitation, gravity, magnetism, mutual attraction, pull, pulling power, sympathy, traction, tug