Abducens

/abˈd͡ʒuː.sənz/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye wordnet

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"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:[…]"

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