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abductory

abductory adjective: relating to an abductor.

Adjective

abductory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to an abductor
  2. Relating to abduction

Origin of abductory

Borrowed from New Latin abductōrius.

Words formed from abductory

  • abductory twist

Questions about abductory

What does abductory mean?
Abductory means relating to an abductor.
What part of speech is abductory?
Abductory is an adjective.

Words near abductory in the dictionary

  1. abductor
  2. abductor oculi
  3. abductor pollicis longus
  4. abductores
  5. abductors
  6. abductory
  7. abducts
  8. Abdul
  9. Abdul Qadir
  10. Abdul Qadirs
  11. Abdulah

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