adduction

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adduction

/əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
/ˈeɪˈdiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/

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Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“to bring to oneself”), from ad + ducō (“to lead”). Compare French adduction. Equivalent to adduct + -ion or adduce + -tion. See adduce.

noun adductions

countable, uncountable The act of adducing or bringing forward. an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters
countable, uncountable The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis Coordinate term: circumduction
Opposite: abduction

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noun physiology: action

Español	aducción
हिन्दी	अभिवर्तन abhivartan
Português	adução
Русский	адду́кция addúkcija, приведе́ние privedénije

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@misc{adduction_2026,
  title = {adduction},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adduction},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}