| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ef·fer·ent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f  r-nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Directed away from a central organ or section. 2. Carrying impulses from the central nervous system to an effector. | | NOUN: | An efferent organ or body part, such as a blood vessel. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin effer ns, efferent-, present participle of efferre, to carry off : ex-, ex- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | effer·ent·ly —ADVERB
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