Turning away; bearing away from; carrying or turning away, especially of nerve or muscle.
(Physiology) Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; SYN. adductive, adducting.

A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye; SYN. abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve.