Source : WordNet®

abducent
     adj : especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the
           body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducting}] [ant:
           {adducent}]
     n : a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of
         the eye [syn: {abducent nerve}, {abducens}, {abducens
         nerve}, {nervus abducens}, {sixth cranial nerve}]