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Abduction: In medicine, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. Abduction of both legs spreads the legs. The opposite of abduction is adduction. Adduction of the legs brings them together.
From the Latin "ab-" meaning "away from" + "ducere" meaning "to draw or lead" = "to draw away from."
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Library > Science > Sci-Tech Dictionary ( ab′dək·shən ) ( physiology ) Movement of an extremity or other body part away from the axis of the body.
13-year-old Megumi Yokota is abducted on her way home from school by North Korean spies