English to English adjective
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of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |  | Example: afferent nerves afferent impulses
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |  | source: wordnet30
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