-ˌsenz- noun
also abducent nerve or abducens
( plural abducen·tes ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˈsen(ˌ)tēz)
Etymology: Latin abducent-, abducens, present participle of abducere
: either of the 6th pair of cranial nerves, being a motor nerve arising beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle and supplying the external rectus muscle of the eye