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語源

From Latin adferens (“bringing to”), present participle of adferre (“to bring to”), from ad (“to, toward”) + ferre (“to carry, bear”). By surface analysis, af- +‎ -fer +‎ -ent.

発音

• IPA: /ˈæ.fə.ɹənt/, /ˈæ.fɜː.ənt/

形容詞

afferent (not comparable)

1. Carrying towards.

   Antonym: efferent

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

派生語

名詞

afferent (plural afferents)

1. An afferent structure or connection

派生語

• afferented

Further reading

• “afferent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “afferent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “afferent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.