Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

afferent

Cross references:
  1. efferent              
 
af.fer.ent \'af-*-r*nt, -.er-*nt\ aj [L afferent-, afferens, prp. of 
   afferre to bring to, fr. a]d- + ferre to bear - more at BEAR : bearing or 
   conducting inward; specif : conveying impulses towar d a nerve center - 
   af.fer.ent.ly av