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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands;
[syn: motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS;
- Example: "efferent nerves and impulses"
[syn: efferent, motorial]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Efferent \Ef"fe*rent\, a. [L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Efferent \Ef"fe*rent\, n. An efferent duct or stream. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

efferent adj 1: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses" [syn: efferent, motorial] [ant: afferent] n 1: a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands [syn: motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent]