EFFERENT FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does efferent fiber mean? 

• EFFERENT FIBER (noun)
  The noun EFFERENT FIBER has 1 sense:

1. a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

  Familiarity information: EFFERENT FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFERENT FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

efferent fiber; motor fiber

Hypernyms ("efferent fiber" is a kind of...):

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Holonyms ("efferent fiber" is a part of...):

efferent; efferent nerve; motor nerve (a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands)