'abducent' definitions:
Definition of 'abducent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part [syn: abducent, abducting] [ant: adducent, adducting, adductive]
noun
A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye [syn: abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve]