Word Meaning

efferent definition and meaning

a. Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.
a. 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.
n. An efferent duct or stream.