afferent nerve

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noun

a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
• Syn:
sensory nerve, afferent
• Derivationally related forms:
afferent (for: afferent)
• Hypernyms:
nerve, nervus
• Hyponyms:
dorsal root, dorsal horn, lemniscus, fillet
• Part Meronyms:
sensory neuron, afferent neuron, sensory fiber, afferent fiber