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What is an adductor?

What is an adductor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
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The large post-temporal fenestrae of turtles allow the jaw musculature to expand beyond the confines of the adductor chamber.
The most common cause of groin pain in athletes is probably adductor strain.
In several anguilliform species, the adductor mandibulae complex is extremely well developed, thereby bulging from the sides of the skull.
Slide the blade into the oyster along the underside of the top shell, cutting the adductor muscle to release the oyster.
Tenderness and a palpable mass were found at the adductor muscle insertion area.
The adductor muscle group is often a source of pain in these overuse syndromes.

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