Efferent
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Efferent is an anatomical term with the following meanings:
- Conveying away from a center, for example the efferent arterioles conveying blood away from the Bowman's capsule in the kidney. Opposite to afferent.
- Something that so conducts, see efferent nerve fiber
- Efferent lymph vessel
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