| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fer·ent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f  r-nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Carrying inward to a central organ or section, as nerves that conduct impulses from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin affer ns, afferent-, present participle of afferre, to bring toward : ad-, ad- + ferre, to bring; see bher-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | affer·ent·ly —ADVERB
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