Sentence:  <WSD>Abduction</WSD> is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (Mid 17th century.)<ref name=SOED/>