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語源

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.

発音

• IPA: /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from abduction) IPA: /ˈeɪˈdiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/

名詞

adduction (countable and uncountable, plural adductions)

1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, “(please specify the page)”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC:

     an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters

2. (anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis

   Antonym: abduction

   Coordinate term: circumduction

派生語

参照

• “adduction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.