efferent

About 1.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Carrying away from.

   An efferent nerve carries impulses from the brain to the body.

2. adjective Carried outward.

   Efferent impulses are those conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards.

3. noun A duct or stream that carries away.

Similar words

motor centrifugal neuromotor corticoefferent corticofugal corticifugal exodic excurrent outgoing outbound

Often followed by

fibers nerves nerve neurons vessels connections fibres pathways arteriole impulses

Word family

efferently efferents