| abducens muscle | (n) the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward, Syn. lateral rectus muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis |
| abducent | (n) a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye, Syn. abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, sixth cranial nerve, nervus abducens |
| abducent | (adj) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part, Syn. abducting, Ant. adducent |
| abducens | n. |
| abducent | n. |
| abducent | adj. |