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Afferent

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

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Centripetal 84% connected

Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

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Centripetal 84% connected

Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

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Receptive 84% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Receptive 84% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Sensory 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve…

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Sensory 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve…

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Fillet 76% connected

A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

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Lemniscus 76% connected

One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

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Nerve 76% connected

One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various pa…

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Efferent 94% connected

Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

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Efferent 94% connected

Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting…

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Afferent neuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

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Air vessel unknown · 78% connection

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pu…

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Anastomosis noun · 78% connection

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries…

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Appendage noun · 78% connection

A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

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Bank-sided adjective · 78% connection

Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided.

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Bar noun · 78% connection

The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center o…

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Biorgan noun · 78% connection

A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.

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Cathodic adjective · 78% connection

A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent, course of the nervous influence.

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Cerebripetal adjective · 78% connection

Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the…

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Convey verb · 78% connection

To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

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Electrotonic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the ac…

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Epiperipheral adjective · 78% connection

Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at…

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Exodic adjective · 78% connection

Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

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Exterior adjective · 78% connection

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

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Fairway noun · 78% connection

The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open an…

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Feeling noun · 78% connection

The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; tha…

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Glossopharyngeal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the…

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