▪ I. adduct, v. Phys.
(əˈdʌkt)
[f. L. addūct- ppl. stem of addūc-ĕre to lead to: see adduce.]
To draw towards a common centre or median line.
| 1836–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. II. 528/1 When the thumb is adducted the first dorsal interosseous projects considerably. 1870 W. Adams in Lancet 13 Aug. 236/2 The thigh is flexed and adducted so that the knee is drawn across the opposite thigh. |
▪ II. adduct, n. Chem.
(ˈædʌkt)
[ad. G. addukt (Diels and Alder 1931, in Ann. d. Chem. 191), f. addition n. + product n.1 (G. produkt).]
An addition product (see addition n. 7).
| 1944 Brit. Pat. 552,644 3 Equal parts of the cyclopentadiene adduct of maleic anhydride and blown linseed oil..were reacted together. 1952 Chem. Abstr. 9953 Urea and thiourea adducts, dinitrobiphenyl adducts, cyclodextrin adducts..are treated. |