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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 | ||
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