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afferent
"Conducting or conducted inwards or towards something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied)", Mid 19th century: from
Latin
afferent-
'bringing towards', from the verb
afferre
, from
ad-
'to' +
ferre
'bring'.