Thesaurus: efferent

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1. a. Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.
2. a. 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. n. An efferent duct or stream.
4. adj. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
5. n. a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
6. (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) 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. An efferent duct or stream.
7. j:100 a. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS