Afferent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afferent \Af"fer*ent\, a. [L. afferens, p. pr. of afferre; ad +
     ferre to bear.] (Physiol.)
     Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed
     to {efferent}; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which
     convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  afferent
       adj : of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information
             from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves";
             "afferent impulses" [ant: {efferent}]