Abducens
/abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of abducens nerve. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once:[…]"
- 2 a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye wordnet
Example
More examples"Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once:[…]"