noun
- A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands.
- synonyms: motor nerve, efferent nerve
adjective
- Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS.
- usage: "efferent nerves and impulses"
- synonyms: motorial
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