vt :  to draw away (as a limb) from a position near or parallel to the median axis of the body <the peroneus longus extends, s, and everts the foot -C. R. Bardeen>  : also  :  to move (similar parts) apart < adjoining fingers>  ab*duc*tion n 
 
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