Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to an exodus, or a going out. Specifically
- In physiology, same as
efferent .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to
esodic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Conducting influences from the
spinal cord outward ; said of themotor orefferent nerves .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek belonging to departure. See exodus.
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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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