What it means
The beginning of words about moving toward or being next to something. Adduction is moving a limb toward the middle of the body, the adrenal glands sit near the kidneys (renal), and an adhesionad-HEE-zhunA band of scar tissue that joins two surfaces inside the body that are normally separate.ad- towardhes stick-ion conditionFull entry is tissue sticking to something. Its opposite is ab-, away from: abduction moves a limb away from the middle. The d often changes to match the next letter, as in "ac-", "af-" or "ap-".
Remember it
ADDuction ADDs the limb to the body.