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afferent

/'æfərənt/

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noun
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
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Similar:

afferent nerve sensory nerve

type of:
nerve nervus
adjective
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
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"afferent nerves" "afferent impulses"

Similar:

sensory centripetal corticipetal corticoafferent receptive

Opposite:

efferent

Examples of afferent

"afferent nerves"
"afferent impulses"