adduct
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ad·duct
(ə-dŭkt', ă-dŭkt') 
tr.v. Physiology, -duct·ed, -duct·ing, -ducts.
To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.
n. Chemistry
A chemical compound that forms from the addition of two or more substances.
adductive ad·duc'tive adj.
tr.v. Physiology, -duct·ed, -duct·ing, -ducts.
To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.
n. Chemistry
A chemical compound that forms from the addition of two or more substances.
[Back-formation from ADDUCTOR.]
adduction ad·duc'tion n.adductive ad·duc'tive adj.
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A compound formed by an addition reaction. The term is used particularly for compounds formed by coordination between a Lewis acid (acceptor) and a Lewis base (donor). See acid.
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- any new chemical species, AB, formed by direct combination of two separate chemical species, A and B, in such a way that there is no change in connectivity of atoms within the moieties and B. This term is preferred to complex, which is less explicit.
- (formerly) the product of a reaction between molecules occurring in such a way that the original molecules or their residues have their long axes parallel to one another.
| adducin, addressin, address sequence | |
| adenine, adenine arabinoside, adenine phosphoribosyltransferase |
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- Procedures - adduct: (vb) move limb or any part toward midline of body
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