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afferent

adj :  bearing or conducting inward : specif  :  conveying impulses toward a nerve center (as the brain or spinal cord) - compare EFFERENT  af*fer*ent*ly adv 
n :  an afferent anatomical part (as a nerve) <the effect on the hypothalamus of s from the stomach>  .
 
   

 
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