efferent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.fɜː.ənt/, /ˈɛ.fə.ɹənt/

Adjective

efferent (not comparable)

1. Carrying away from.

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

2. Carried outward.

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

Antonyms

• afferent

Derived terms

• corticoefferent
• efferent arteriole
• efferent duct
• efferently

Translations

carrying away from

Czech: (about nerves/anatomy) odstředivý, eferentní (cs) Dutch: afvoerend (nl), efferent (nl) French: efférent (fr) German: efferent, ableitend (de), herausführend Italian: efferente Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: derketî (ku) Malay: eferen Persian: وابران (vâbarân) Portuguese: eferente Russian: эфферентный (ru) (efferentnyj) Spanish: eferente (es) Swedish: efferent (sv)

Noun

efferent (plural efferents)

1. A duct or stream that carries away.

Related terms

• elate
• elated
• elation

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

From Latin efferēns.

Adjective

efferent

1. (anatomy) carrying away from a central organ

Inflection

Inflection of efferent

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	efferent	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	efferent	—	—2
plural	efferente	—	—2
definite attributive1	efferente	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

• “efferent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

efferent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of efferō