SENSORY FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensory fiber mean? 

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

1. a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSORY FIBER (noun)

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 ("sensory fiber" is a kind of...):

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

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

afferent; afferent nerve; sensory nerve (a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system)