meaning of efferent
1. Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.
2. 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.
3. An efferent duct or stream.
4. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and
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