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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | afferent | Of nerves and nerve impulses |
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| NOUN | 1 | afferent, sensory nerve, afferent nerve | A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
| Sounds | ae'ferahnt |
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| Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 658 more rhymes in ahnt... |
| Meaning | Of nerves and nerve impulses. Conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS. |
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| Examples | "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" |
| Contrary | efferent, motorial |
| Similar | centripetal, receptive, sensory; corticoafferent, corticipetal |
| Category | physiology |
| Nouns | afferent |
| Meaning | A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system. |
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| Synonyms | sensory nerve, afferent nerve |
| Parts | sensory neuron, afferent neuron |
| Broader | nerve, nervus |
| Narrower | lemniscus, fillet |
| Adjectives | afferent |
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