abductor

noun

• 1a person who abducts another person: she endured a two-hour ordeal at the hands of her abductors

• 2 (also abductor muscle) Anatomy a muscle whose contraction moves a limb or part away from the midline of the body, or from another part. Compare with adductor.
• any of a number of specific muscles in the hand, forearm, or foot: [followed by Latin genitive]:abductor pollicis