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That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising.
Charles Scott Sherrington

Meaning of "afferent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFFERENT

From Latin afferre to carry to, from ad- to + ferre to carry.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFERENT

afferent  [ˈæfərənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFERENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Afferent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AFFERENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Afferent

Afferent is an anatomical term with the following meanings: ▪ Conveying towards a center, for example the afferent arterioles conveying blood towards the Bowman's capsule in the kidney. Opposite to Efferent. ▪ Something that so conducts, see Afferent nerve fiber ▪ Afferent lymphatic vessels...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFERENT


adherent
ədˈhɪərənt
Arendt
ˈɛərənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
deferent
ˈdɛfərənt
deodorant
diːˈəʊdərənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
efferent
ˈɛfərənt
equidifferent
ˌiːkwɪˈdɪfərənt
exuberant
ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt
grandparent
ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt
ignorant
ˈɪɡnərənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
intolerant
ɪnˈtɒlərənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
perforant
ˈpɜːfərənt
referent
ˈrɛfərənt
refrigerant
rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt
tolerant
ˈtɒlərənt
vociferant
vəʊˈsɪfərənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFERENT

affection
affectional
affectionally
affectionate
affectionately
affectionless
affections
affective
affective disorder
affective psychosis
affectively
affectiveness
affectivity
affectless
affectlessness
affeer
affeerment
affenpinscher
afferently
affettuoso

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFERENT

apparent
belligerent
Brent
cobelligerent
current
for rent
gerent
indifferent
irreverent
nonbelligerent
noncoherent
rent
rerent
reverent
torrent
transparent
Trent
unbelligerent
unreverent
vicegerent

Synonyms and antonyms of afferent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «afferent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFERENT

Find out the translation of afferent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of afferent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «afferent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

传入
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aferente
570 millions of speakers

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afferent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभिवाही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وارد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

афферентный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aferentes
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Translator English - Bengali

অন্তর্বাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

afférente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afferent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zuführenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

求心性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Afferent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thâu nhập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இகல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभिमुख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

afferent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

afferente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

doprowadzających
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

афферентний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aferent
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Translator English - Greek

προσαγωγό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afferente
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

afferenta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

afferent
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFERENT»

The term «afferent» is regularly used and occupies the 61.898 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about afferent

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QUOTES WITH «AFFERENT»

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Charles Scott Sherrington
That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFERENT»

Discover the use of afferent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to afferent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Vagal Afferent Neurobiology
Taking a comprehensive approach in which all aspects of the vagal afferent system are considered, from the terminals in the visceral tissues to the neural pathways within the central nervous system, this extensive text reviews the ...
Bradley J. Undem, Daniel Weinreich, 2005
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AFFERENT CONTROL OF POSTURE AND LOCOMOTION
AFFERENT CONTROL OF POSTURE AND LOCOMOTION
J. H. J. Allum, M. Hulliger, 1990
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Afferent Neurons: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 ...
Afferent Neurons: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Afferent Neurons in a compact format.
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The Human Nervous System: Structure and Function
Some cranial nerves contain almost exclusively afferent fibers, others almost exclusively efferent fibers, and a third group contains substantial proportions of both afferent and efferent fibers (see Table 14.1). The afferent fibers arise with one ...
Charles R. Noback, Norman L. Strominger, Robert J. Demarest, 2005
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Nerve Cells and Nervous Systems: An Introduction to Neuroscience
Transmission. Between. la. Afferent. Fibres. from. Muscle. Spindles. and. Spinal. ( ^-Motoneurons. A well-known spinal reflex (see Chapter 12 for a discussion of reflexes) is the knee-jerk. The knee-jerk is one of a set of reflexes much used by ...
A.G. Brown, 2001
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Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery
Afferent loop syndrome occurs as a result of partial obstruction of the afferent limb that is unable to empty its contents. Afferent loop syndrome can occur from a variety of causes. It can arise secondary to kinking and angulation of the afferent  ...
Herbert Chen, 2010
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Sensory Nerves
Afferent. Nerve. Regulation. of. Bladder. Function. in. Health. and. Disease. William. C. de. Groat. and. Naoki. Yoshimura. Contents 1 Anatomy and Innervation of the Lower Urinary Tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 1.1 Afferent Nerves .
Brendan J. Canning, Domenico Spina, 2009
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The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
ON THE THREE AFFERENT VESSELS. Br JOHN JACKSON, Esq., London. " Contrariorum eadem eat scientia." There are in the body three vascular systems — an hepatic, a pulmonic, and a systemic — each system consisting of an afferent ...
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Kidney and Blood Pressure Regulation
In contrast, afferent arterioles and interlobular arteries show hypertrophy and sclerotic changes due to a long-lasting pressure overload. The increased afferent arteriolar resistance with normal PGC is also reflected in clinical pictures. Namely  ...
Hiromichi Suzuki (M.D.), Takao Saruta, 2004
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Human Pharmacology
Nerves that carry information to the central nervous system from the periphery are called afferent nerves, those that carry information from the brain to the effector organ or tissue, for example skeletal muscle, are called efferent nerves.
Paul R. Gard, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFERENT»

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New Advancement in Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain
Acupuncture employs direct needle application to neural focal points which either encourage or discourage afferent and efferent nerve fibers to ... «PR Web, Jul 15»
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... cannot orlistat no prescription tiny resistance, crazy-paving identify activity zithromax online compress aspirated levators afferent commitment ... «DTVUSAForum News, Jul 15»
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BMW once built a hydrogen fuel cell i8
Underneath, the i8 went through a lot more changes, like the addition of a hydrogen storage system and the afferent fuel cell technology. «BMWBLOG, Jul 15»
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FES helps stroke patients move again
It's possible that the training process provides near-accurate efferent and afferent inputs, and ensures that the synaptic connections are ... «Medical Physics Web, Jun 15»
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Neural signatures of human fear conditioning: an updated and …
... nucleus of the solitary tract—a principal convergence site for viscerosensory afferent relay to higher areas. Therefore, it seems reasonable to ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Detection of asymmetric glaucomatous damage using automated …
Relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) testing is an important technique in the evaluation of glaucoma. An RAPD can serve as an indicator of ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Function and postnatal changes of dural afferent fibers expressing …
Here, we investigated the postnatal changes of TRPM8-expressing dural afferent fibers as well as the function of dural TRPM8 channels in ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
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A Young Man With Visual Field Defects
Pupils were brisk in the right eye and sluggish in the left eye, with a left relative afferent pupillary defect. Automated perimetry showed a few ... «Medscape, Jun 15»
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The Interface Between Cholinergic Pathways and the Immune …
Vagal afferent neurons are not included since they are generally not cholinergic. Click to zoom. (Enlarge Image). Figure 1. Schematic summary of the types of ... «Medscape, Jun 15»
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Improvement in health-related quality of life seen when sarilumab …
Disclosures: Strand reports she is a consultant for AbbVie, Afferent, Amgen, Giogen, Idec, Bioventus, BMS, Carbylan, Celgene, Celltrion, ... «Healio, Jun 15»

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