'afferent' definitions:
Definition of 'afferent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" [ant: efferent, motorial]
noun
A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system [syn: sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent]