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