a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
<noun.body> [ adj ]
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
<adj.all> efferent nerves and impulses
Efferent \Ef"fe*rent\, n. An efferent duct or stream.
Efferent \Ef"fe*rent\, a. [L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) 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}.