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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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