| VERB | contact | adduct | draw a limb towards the body |
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| NOUN | substance | adduct | a compound formed by an addition reaction |
| Sounds | ae'dahkt | |
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| Rhymes | abduct ... viaduct: 19 rhymes with ahkt... | |
| Meaning | A compound formed by an addition reaction. | |
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| Broader | compound, chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
| Spanish | aducto | |
| Catalan | aducto | |
| Meaning | Draw a limb towards the body. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "adduct the thigh muscle" | |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| Opposite | abduct | Pull away from the body |
| Adjectives | adductive | especially of muscles |
| Nouns | adduction | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
| adductor | a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line | |
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