afferent fiber

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   a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system

   Synonymssensory fiber

   Broadernerve fiber

   Part ofsensory nerve

Questions about afferent fiber

What does afferent fiber mean?

afferent fiber means "a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system".

What is another word for afferent fiber?

Close synonyms include sensory fiber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is afferent fiber a common word?

afferent fiber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.