abduction

 

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From Latin abductiō (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”).^[1] Equivalent to abduct +‎ -ion.

• (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
• Compare French abduction.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/, /æbˈdək.ʃn̩/, /əbˈdək.ʃn̩/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from adduction) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ˈbiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/

abduction (countable and uncountable, plural abductions)

1. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17^th century.]^[2]
3. (anatomy) 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. [Mid 17^th century.]^[2]
   • 2013, Jain, MD, MSPH; Wilcox, PT; Katz, MD, MS; Higgins, MD, "Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff", PM&R Journal, retrieved from PubMed Central on 21 Jan 2018.

     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. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17^th century.]^[2]
   • 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, page 256:

     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.

5. (law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18^th century.]^[2]

   the abduction of a child

6. (ufology) alien abduction
   • 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 122:

     But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist.

• In Gregg shorthand (version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

• (legal, carrying off of human being): appropriation; kidnapping; seizure; withdrawal
• (logic): retroduction; abstraction

• (antonym(s) of “physiology”): adduction, replacement; restitution; restoration; surrender; reinstatement

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•   Abduction in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Learned borrowing from Latin abductiōnem (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”).

• IPA^(key): /ab.dyk.sjɔ̃/

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abduction f (plural abductions)

1. (physiology) abductive movement; abduction
2. (logic, computing) abductive reasoning; abduction

• “abduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin abductiō (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”).

abduction (plural abductiones)

1. abduction