efferent

a. 传出的 n. 输出管

发音

/ˈɛ.fɜː.ənt/
/ˈɛ.fə.ɹənt/

词形变化

efferents 复数 efferents

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A duct or stream that carries away.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Carrying away from.

    An efferent nerve carries impulses from the brain to the body.

  2. 2.

    Carried outward.

    Efferent impulses are those conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

motor nerve

上位词 1

nerve

下位词 1

pyramidal tract

部分词 2

motoneuron motor neuron
形容词

同义词 1

motorial

反义词 1

afferent

近义相关 6

motor centrifugal corticifugal corticoefferent corticofugal neuromotor

相关短语

efferent duct [医] 输出管 efferent ducts efferent arteriole efferent arterioles

词源

From Latin efferēns, present active participle of efferō (“bring or carry out”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).

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