Associations to the word «Afferent»

Wiktionary

AFFERENT, adjective. Carrying towards.
AFFERENT, noun. An afferent structure or connection

Dictionary definition

AFFERENT, noun. A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system.
AFFERENT, adjective. Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King