Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Adduction

Adduction ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Compare French adduction. See Adduce.]

1.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. — I. Taylor
2.
(Physiology) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction. — Dunglison