Taber's Medical Dictionary
abduction
(ab-dŭk′shŏn)
[L. abducere, to lead away]
1. Movement of a limb away from the median plane of the body.
2. Movement of a digit away from the median plane of the limb.
3. Movement of an eye away from the nose.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Abduction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732560/all/abduction.
Abduction. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732560/all/abduction. Accessed May 26, 2020.
Abduction. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved May 26, 2020, from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732560/all/abduction
Abduction [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2020 May 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732560/all/abduction.
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