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ABDUCENS MUSCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward
Synonyms:
abducens muscle; lateral rectus; lateral rectus muscle; rectus lateralis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("abducens muscle" is a kind of...):
eye muscle; ocular muscle (one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball)