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Abduction

//əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Leading away; a carrying away. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. countable, uncountable

    "Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down."

  4. 4
    the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife wordnet
  5. 5
    A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. countable, uncountable

    "The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning."

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  1. 6
    The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. countable, uncountable

    "the abduction of a child"

  2. 7
    Alien abduction. countable, uncountable

    "But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist."

Etymology

From Latin abductiō(n) (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct + -ion or abduce + -tion. * (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus. * Compare French abduction.

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