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Efferent Common

Efferent has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands

2

A duct or stream that carries away.

Adjective
1

of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS

"efferent nerves and impulses"

2

Carrying away from.

See Also
glossopharyngeal nerve efference away interneuron cathodic stream exodic duct
Related Terms
Antonyms
afferent
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nerve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ventral root pyramidal tract
Rhyming Words
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