- Physiology conducting or conducted inwards or towards something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied)【生理】（神经朝中央神经系统）传入的; （血管向其供给器官）输入的。 EFFERENT的反义词。
- an afferent nerve fibre or vessel传入神经纤维（或血管）。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin afferent- 'bringing towards'， from the verb afferre, from ad- 'to'+ferre 'bring'.