Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that convey motor impulses to the rectus muscle on the lateral side of each eye: "The ophthalmologist had to correct the abducentes of Maureen because she had a paralysis of the nerves which resulted in diplopia or double vision."

A reference to drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent body part: "In anatomy, the abducent muscle; such as therectus lateralis muscle of the eye, moves the eyeball outwardly."

"Abducent muscles refer to moving a part of the body away from an adjacent part."

A small motor nerve that supplies the lateral rectus muscle of the eye: "The adducent is the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward."