Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Afferent

Afferent ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin afferens, present participle of afferre; ad + ferre to bear.]

(Physiology) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.