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Afferent Common

Afferent has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

An afferent structure or connection

Adjective
1

of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS

"afferent nerves"

"afferent impulses"

2

Carrying towards.

Related Terms
Antonyms
motorial
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nerve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dorsal root lemniscus
Rhyming Words
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