A person who kidnaps or takes someone away illegally; also a muscle that pulls a limb away from the body.
From Latin 'abducere' combining 'ab-' (away) and 'ducere' (to lead). The anatomical meaning (muscles that abduct or move limbs away) comes from the same Latin root applied to body movement.
Your abductor muscles in your hip and shoulder are actually designed to move your limbs away from your body's center—the same Latin-based naming system shows up all through anatomy because doctors wanted precise, logical terms!
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