efferent - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands

Synonyms

• efferent
• efferent nerve
• motor nerve

More generic

• nerve
• nervus

More specific

• anterior horn
• anterior root
• corticospinal tract
• pyramidal motor system
• pyramidal tract
• ventral horn
• ventral root

Related

• efferent fiber
• efferent neuron
• motoneuron
• motor fiber
• motor nerve fiber
• motor neuron

Adjective

of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS

Synonyms

• efferent
• motorial

Related

• centrifugal
• corticifugal
• corticoefferent
• corticofugal
• motor
• neuromotor

Opposite / Antonyms

• afferent

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