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Webster 1913 Edition

Afferent

Af′fer-ent

,

Adj.

[L.

afferens

, p. pr. of

afferre

;

ad

+

ferre

to bear.]

(Physiol.)

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.