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“opponent muscle”
In anatomy, any of several muscles enabling the thumb to be moved toward a finger of the same hand: After slipping and falling on the icy sidewalk, Gary could not use his opponent muscles to move the thumb on his right hand.
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pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound
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