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de·scend·ing

adj 1  :  moving or directed downward < infection from the kidney -Therapeutic Notes>   2  :  being a nerve, nerve fiber, or nerve tract that carries nerve impulses in a direction away from the central nervous system  :  EFFERENT, MOTOR <the branch of a nerve>  .
 
   

 
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