Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In physiology, conducting impressions to the brain and spinal cord; afferent: said of certain nerves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to
exodic .
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- adjective physiology
Conveying impressions from thesurface of thebody to thespinal cord ; said of certainnerves .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek within + way.
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[94] Also esodic, or ingoing nerves; and exodic, or outgoing nerves.
Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator. 1823-1886 1855
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