Efferent

[efәrәnt]

Definition

(adj.) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; 'efferent nerves and impulses' .

Typist: Ora--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

(a.) 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.

(n.) An efferent duct or stream.

Typist: Rosa

Definition

adj. conveying outward or away.

Checker: Lowell