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- noun anatomy Rectus lateralis muscle of the eye; muscle that moves the eye away from the center of the face.
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- noun the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
Etymologies
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Shortening of "abducens nerve", in turn from Latin nervus abducens, from abducent, abducens
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