afferent

2 definitions found

afferent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Afferent \Af"fer*ent\, a. [L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad +
     ferre to bear.] (Physiol.)
     Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed
     to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which
     convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
     [1913 Webster]

afferent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  afferent
      adj 1: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory
             information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent
             nerves"; "afferent impulses" [ant: efferent,
             motorial]
      n 1: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to
           the central nervous system [syn: sensory nerve, afferent nerve
           , afferent]