efferent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
Types & categories
- nerve hypernym
- ventral root hyponym
- pyramidal tract hyponym
Parts & wholes
- motor neuron part meronym
- motor fiber part meronym
Related & opposite
- efferent derivation
Sense 2 adjective
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
efferent nerves and impulses
Related & opposite
- afferent antonym
- motor nerve derivation
- physiology domain topic
- motora similar to
- corticoefferent similar to
- neuromotor similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | efferent |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | motor neuron |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | motor fiber |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nerve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ventral root |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyramidal tract |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | afferent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motor nerve |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | motora |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | corticoefferent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | neuromotor |