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Efferent   Listen
adjective
Efferent  adj.  (Physiol.)
(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.





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Words linked to "Efferent" :   motor nerve, efferent nerve, nervus, physiology, efferent fiber, corticofugal, pyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system, afferent, motorial, centrifugal, ventral horn, ventral root, neuromotor, corticifugal, motoneuron, motor nerve fiber


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