HyperDic: efferent

English > 2 senses of the word *efferent*:
ADJECTIVE	all	efferent, motorial	of nerves and nerve impulses
NOUN	body	efferent, motor nerve, efferent nerve	a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands

efferent > pronunciation
Sounds	eh'ferahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *efferent*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS.
Example	"efferent nerves and impulses"
Synonym	motorial
Category	physiology	The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
Narrower	centrifugal, motor	conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
	corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal	Of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex
	neuromotor	relating to a nerve ... / nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors
Opposite	afferent	Of nerves and nerve impulses
Spanish	eferente
Catalan	eferent
Nouns	efferent	a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands

English > *efferent*: 2 senses > noun 1, body
Meaning	A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands.
Synonyms	motor nerve, efferent nerve
Parts	motor fiber, efferent fiber	A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands
Parts	motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber, motoneuron	A neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Narrower	pyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system, corticospinal tract	Any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord
Narrower	ventral root, ventral horn, anterior root, anterior horn	One of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
Broader	nerve, nervus	Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
Spanish	eferente, nervio motor
Adjectives	efferent	of nerves and nerve impulses

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