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AFFERENT FIBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does afferent fiber mean?
• AFFERENT FIBER (noun)
The noun AFFERENT FIBER has 1 sense:
1. a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
Familiarity information: AFFERENT FIBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
afferent fiber; sensory fiber
Hypernyms ("afferent fiber" is a kind of...):
nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)
Holonyms ("afferent fiber" is a part of...):
afferent; afferent nerve; sensory nerve (a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system)
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