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AFFERENT NERVE

Pronunciation (US):

• AFFERENT NERVE (noun)
The noun AFFERENT NERVE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: AFFERENT NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

• AFFERENT NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

afferent; afferent nerve; sensory nerve

Hypernyms ("afferent nerve" is a kind of...):

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Meronyms (parts of "afferent nerve"):

afferent neuron; sensory neuron (a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "afferent nerve"):

fillet; lemniscus (a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus)

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