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Definition of Adductors
1. adductor [n] - See also: adductor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adductors
Literary usage of Adductors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"Subsequently the adductors may also become involved, in which case the phonation
is still more impaired. (3) ADDUCTOR PARALYSIS. ..."
2. The Throat and its diseases: Including Associated Affections of the Nose and Ear by Lennox Browne (1887)
"There is generally associated inaction of the adductors, and this complication
accounts for the fact that when the voice is restored in functional aphonia ..."
3. The Clinical Journal (1905)
"during the operation, and because when the adductors are unusually resistant it
is sometimes wise to divide them subcutaneously with a ..."
4. A Textbook of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1900)
"Paralysis of the Central adductors (Arytenoids). ... The causes of paralysis of
the central adductors are chronic inflammatory conditions of ..."
5. Diseases of the Pharynx, Larynx, and Trachea by Morell Mackenzie (1880)
"... whilst the abductors are principally paralyzed, the action of the adductors
is also slightly defective. When both ab- and ad-ductors are paralyzed, ..."
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