Word

afferent nerve, n.

a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
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afferent afferent nerve sensory nerve

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derivationally related form

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hyponym

dorsal root, dorsal horn, posterior root, posterior horn lemniscus, fillet

part meronym

sensory neuron, afferent neuron sensory fiber, afferent fiber

hypernym