adduction noun. [ǝ'dʌkʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[French, or late Latin adductio(n-), from adduct- pa. ppl stem of adducere: see ADDUCE, -ION.]
1. The action of bringing a thing to something else; spec. an alleged bringing of Christ's body and blood into the Eucharistic elements. LME.

2. Anatomy. Movement of a limb etc. towards the median line. Opp. ABDUCTION 2. M17.

3. The action of adducing. M18.

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