Afferent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Afferent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
afferent adj of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" Antonym(s): efferent, motorial n a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system Synonym(s): sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Afferent \Af"ferent\, a. [L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) 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.