n Leading away; a carrying away. (defdate|Early 17th century.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =3| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
n (context|physiology) The act of abduce | abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (defdate|Mid 17th century.)(rfex)