Definition of afferent
English to English adjective - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
Afferent nerves.
Afferent impulses.
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913 noun - a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
source: WordNet 3.0
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afferent, affeerment, affrayment, aperient, averment, affrontee, affirmant, afront, affriended, affirmed, aberrant, aforehand, aforenamed, aepyornidae, apprehended, appromt, aproned
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