efferent
IPA: ˈɛfɝʌnt
noun
- A duct or stream that carries away.
adjective
- Carrying away from.
- Carried outward.
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Examples of "efferent" in Sentences
- Use as efferent urinary conduit.
- Of the somatic efferent neurons, there exist subtypes.
- Efferent Coupling is a metric in software development.
- The efferent axons of the subiculum follow the fornix.
- The opposite activity of direction or flow is efferent.
- Targeted reinnervation has an efferent and an afferent component.
- A large efferent coupling can indicate that a class is unfocused.
- The efferent fibers are distributed to the solitary tract nucleus.
- Neurons are generally both afferent AND efferent at the same time.
- Efferent lymphatic vessels are also found in the thymus and spleen.
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