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Abduction (health)


In medicine, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. Abduction of both legs spreads the legs. The opposite of abduction is adduction. Adduction of the legs brings them together.





sympatholytic (medicine)


sympatholytic


Denoting antagonism to or inhibition of adrenergic nerve activity.

See: adrenergic blocking agent, antiadrenergic.

Synonym: sympathicolytic.

Origin: sympatho-+ G. Lysis, a loosening