HyperDic: afferent_fiber

English > 1 sense of the expression afferent fiber:
NOUNbodyafferent fiber, sensory fibera nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
English > afferent fiber: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system.
Synonymsensory fiber
Part ofsensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferentA nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
Broadernerve fiber, nerve fibreA threadlike extension of a nerve cell

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