afferent

afferent is a valid 8-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does afferent mean?

  • noun

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

  • adjective

    of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS

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