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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abduct/abˈdʌkt/

▶verb

1 take (someone) away illegally by force or deception.

2 Physiology (of a muscle) move (a limb or part) away from the midline of the body or from another part. The opposite of adduct1.

– derivatives
abductee noun,
abduction noun,
abductor noun.

– origin C17: from L. abduct-, abducere ‘lead away’.

'abduct' also found in these Oxford entries:

abducens nerves - adduct - kidnap

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