From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "adduction": affinity, allurement, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force, drag, draw, gravitation, gravity, magnetism, mutual attraction, pull, pulling power, sympathy, traction, tug
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