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hyperadduction

hyperadduction noun: excessive adduction.

Noun

hyperadduction (usually uncountable, plural hyperadductions)

  1. (usually) Excessive adduction.
    • It is possible to block the recurrent laryngeal nerve with local anesthetic which is used as a treatment option in patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia, which is a neurogenic condition characterized by continuous hyperadduction of vocal cords.2015 June 17, M. Rafiq et al., “A Case of Transient Local Anesthetic Induced Bilateral Vocal Cord Palsy”, in Case Reports in Surgery, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of hyperadduction

pluralhyperadductions

Origin of hyperadduction

From hyper- + adduction.

Questions about hyperadduction

What does hyperadduction mean?
Hyperadduction means excessive adduction.
What part of speech is hyperadduction?
Hyperadduction is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperadduction?
The plural of hyperadduction is hyperadductions.

Words near hyperadduction in the dictionary

  1. hyperacylation
  2. hyperadaptation
  3. hyperadaptations
  4. hyperadduct
  5. hyperadducted
  6. hyperadduction
  7. hyperadductions
  8. hyperadenylate
  9. hyperadenylated
  10. hyperadenylation
  11. hyperadherence

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