Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afferent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Afferent \Af"fer*ent\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
afferent
adj : (physiology) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory
information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent
nerves"; "afferent impulses" [ant: {efferent}]
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