efferent

From Latin efferēns, present active participle of efferō (“bring or carry out”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.fɜː.ənt/, IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.fə.ɹənt/

efferent (not comparable)

1. Carrying away from.

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

2. Carried outward.

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

• afferent

efferent (plural efferents)

1. A duct or stream that carries away.

• elate
• elated
• elation

• “efferent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “efferent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “efferent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From Latin efferēns.

efferent

1. (anatomy) carrying away from a central organ

• “efferent” in Den Danske Ordbog

efferent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of efferō