EFFERENT

Ef″fe‐rent (?), a. [[L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.]] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; — applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) 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.