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abducens muscle

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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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