Defenition of the word afferent

• Defenition of the word afferent

  • Conveying towards a center.
  • (physiology) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
  • of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
  • a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
  • of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS

Synonyms for the word afferent

• • afferent nerve
  • sensory nerve

Similar words in the afferent

• • centripetal
  • corticipetal
  • corticoafferent
  • receptive
  • sensory
  • sensory(a)

Hyponyms for the word afferent

• • dorsal horn
  • dorsal root
  • fillet
  • lemniscus

Hypernyms for the word afferent

• • nerve
  • nervus

Antonyms for the word afferent

• • efferent
  • motorial

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