Definitions for adduct

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adduct ad·duct

Spelling: [verb uh-duhkt; noun ad

IPA: /verb əˈdʌkt; noun ˈæd ʌkt/

Adduct is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in adduct (acddtu).

Definitions for adduct

noun

1. Also called addition compound. Chemistry. a combination of two or more independently stable compounds by means of van der Waals' forces, coordinate bonds, or covalent bonds. Compare clathrate (def 2), inclusion complex.

verb (used with object)

1. Physiology. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct).

Origin of adduct

1830-40; Latin adductus drawn to, past participle of addūcere; see adduce

Examples for adduct

And yet, in the cat and the dog, it is also able to adduct the first metacarpal bone.

Contraction of the anterior pterygoid when the jaw was in this position pulled the mandible forward and did not adduct it.

Could flex, extend, and adduct and abduct the wrist; some power of flexion in index finger, in others none.