English adjective: afferent | |||
1. | afferent of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS | ||
Samples | Afferent nerves. Afferent impulses. | ||
Similar | centripetal, corticipetal, corticoafferent, receptive, sensory | ||
Domain category | physiology | ||
Antonyms | efferent, motorial | ||
English noun: afferent | |||
1. | afferent (body) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system | ||
Synonyms | afferent nerve, sensory nerve | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nerve, nervus | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dorsal horn, dorsal root, fillet, lemniscus | ||
Part holonym | afferent fiber, afferent neuron, sensory fiber, sensory neuron | ||