Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abducent

1 sense of abducent

Sense 1
abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve -- (a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye)
       => cranial nerve -- (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

Antonyms of adj abducent

1 sense of abducent

Sense 1
abducent (vs. adducent), abducting -- (especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part)

adducent (vs. abducent), adductive, adducting -- (especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part)

Similarity of adj abducent

1 sense of abducent

Sense 1
abducent (vs. adducent), abducting -- (especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part)