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efferent nerve, n.

a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
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efferent efferent nerve motor nerve

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derivationally related form

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hyponym

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

part meronym

motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber, motoneuron motor fiber, efferent fiber

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