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

1 sense of adduction

Sense 1
adduction -- ((physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body)
       => motion, movement, move, motility -- (a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility")