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 Definitions of efferent  [ˈɛf ər ənt]  

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Definition of 'efferent' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) efferent
conveying or conducting away from an organ or part

2. (n.) efferent
an efferent part, as a nerve or blood vessel.

Etymology:  (1830–40; < L efferent-, s. of efferēns, prp. of efferre to carry away =ef-ef - +ferre to bear1)

Definition of 'efferent' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent
a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands

2. (adj) efferent, motorial
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
"efferent nerves and impulses"


Definition of 'efferent' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) efferent
conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc

2. (adj) efferent
conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent

3. (noun) efferent
an efferent duct or stream



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