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ABDUCTION

\ɐbdˈʌkʃən], \ɐbdˈʌkʃən], \ɐ_b_d_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of ABDUCTION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The act of carrying off wrongfully.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. Movement away from the middle line. 2. A position resulting from such movement. a. of the foot, rotation of the foot outward around the axis of the leg, or rotation outward around its own axis.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Act of moving from the median line.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The carrying away, esp. of a person by fraud or force.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Act of carrying away.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The act of drawing a part; the taking and carrying away of a child, a ward, or a wife, & c., either by fraud or open violence.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In med., a drawing away from; a carrying away by fraud or open violence.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The act of abducting; the state of being abducted.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A movement which carries a part away from the median line of the body or (in case of the fingers and toes) away from the middle line of a limb. As applied to the hand, the word means flexion toward the radial side of the forearm. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. The act of carrying away, especially of a person, by fraud, or stealth, or force.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The act of drawing apart, or withdrawing one part from another.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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