abducens
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ab·du·cens
(ăb-dū'sənz, -dyū'-) 
n., pl., ab·du·cen·tes (ăb'dū-sĕn'tēz', -dyū-).
Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye.
n., pl., ab·du·cen·tes (ăb'dū-sĕn'tēz', -dyū-).
Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye.
[From Latin abdūcēns, present participle of abdūcere, to take away. See abduct.]
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