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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adduct1 /əˈdʌkt/

▶verb (of a muscle) move (a limb or other part) towards the midline of the body or towards another part. The opposite of abduct.

– derivatives
adduction noun,
adductor noun.

– origin C19: back-form. from ME adduction, from late L. adductio(n-) ‘bringing forward’, from adducere (see adduce).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adduct2 /ˈadʌkt/

▶noun Chemistry the product of an addition reaction between two compounds.

– origin 1940s: from Ger. Addukt (blend of Addition and Produkt).

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