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Definition of Afferent

1. Noun. A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system.

2. Adjective. Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS. "Afferent impulses"

Definition of Afferent

1. a. Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

Definition of Afferent

1. Adjective. Carrying towards. ¹

2. Noun. An afferent structure or connection ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Afferent

1. a nerve that conveys impulses toward a nerve center [n -S]

Medical Definition of Afferent

1. Moving or carrying inward or toward a central part. Refers to vessels, nerves, etc. For example: blood vessels carrying blood toward the heart, or nerves conducting signals to the brain. Compare: efferent. (09 Feb 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afferent

affectivity affectless affectlessness affectomotor affects affectuous affeer affeered affeering affeerment

affeerments affeers affenpinscher affenpinschers afference afferent (current term) afferent fibres afferent glomerular arteriole afferent loop syndrome afferent lymphatic

afferent nerve afferent neuron afferent pathways afferent vessel afferently afferents affetti affiance affianced affiancer

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