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Definition of Abductors
1. abductor [n] - See also: abductor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abductors
Literary usage of Abductors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Pharynx, Larynx, and Trachea by Morell Mackenzie (1880)
"Inaction of the abductors on both sides, causing the vocal cords to remain ...
The fact that paralysis of the abductors of the vocal cords may give rise to ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"CASE OF PARALYSIS OF abductors OF VOCAL CORDS; TRACHEOTOMY; RECOVERY ; RF.LAPSE;
DEATH. By ANDREW H. SMITH, MD, ..."
3. Technique of Operations on the Bones, Joints, Muscles and Tendons by Robert Soutter (1917)
"Silk Ligaments at the Hip for Paralysis of the abductors. ... Where the abductors
of the hip are completely paralyzed and a flail condition of the hip is ..."
4. A Text-book of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1907)
"The treatment should be addressed to the factor causing the paralysis along the
lines laid down under Bilateral Paralysis of the abductors. ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"for all of the laryngeal muscles (except the crico-thyroids) cause an earlier or
more extensive paralysis in the abductors than in any of the other muscles ..."
6. On Sclerosis of the Spinal Cord: Including Locomotor Ataxy, Spastic Spinal by Julius Althaus (1885)
"Paralysis of the abductors of the Focal Cords is another symptom which is
occasionally observed in tabes. ..."
7. The Throat and nose, and their diseases by Isaac Lennox Browne, Lennox Browne (1890)
"BILATERAL PARALYSIS OF abductors—CRICO- ... abductors ..."
8. A Textbook of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1900)
"The treatment should be addressed to the factor causing the paralysis along the
lines laid down under Bilateral Paralysis of the abductors. ..."
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