Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See {Adduce}.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. --I. Taylor. 2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to {abduction}. --Dunglison.
adduction n : (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body