Afferent

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  • adjective. Carrying inward to a central organ or section, as nerves that conduct impulses from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bringing; carrying to or toward; conveying inward.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Carrying towards.
  • noun. An afferent structure or connection
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  • adjective. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
  • noun. a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system