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afferent nerve

noun

a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

• Syn: ↑sensory nerve, ↑afferent

• Derivationally related forms: ↑afferent (for: ↑afferent)

• Hypernyms: ↑nerve, ↑nervus

• Hyponyms: ↑dorsal root, ↑dorsal horn, ↑lemniscus, ↑fillet

• Part Meronyms: ↑sensory neuron, ↑afferent neuron, ↑sensory fiber, ↑afferent fiber

Useful english dictionary. 2012.