Efferent

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1. Adjective

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

2. Adjective

Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.

3. Noun

An efferent duct or stream.
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