efferent
Plural: efferents
Noun
- A nerve or vessel conveying impulses or fluid away.
- a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
- A duct or stream that carries away.
Adjective
- of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
- "efferent nerves and impulses"
Adj
- Carrying away from.
- Carried outward.
Examples
- An efferent nerve carries impulses from the brain to the body.
- An EFFERENT word on the Scrabble board might extend far from the central cluster.
- Efferent impulses are those conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin efferēns, present active participle of efferō (“bring or carry out”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).
Synonyms
efferent nerve, motor nerve, motorial
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
efferent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordefferent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
efferent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
efferent: valid Words With Friends Word