·noun An efferent duct or stream.
II. Efferent ·adj Conveying outward, or discharging;
— applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, ·etc.
III. Efferent ·adj Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, ·i.e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards;
— opposed to afferent.