[af.fer.ent] adj [L afferent-, afferens, prp. of afferre to bring to, fr. ad- + ferre to bear--more at bear] (ca. 1847): bearing or conducting inward; specif: conveying impulses toward a nerve center (as the brain or spinal cord)--compare efferent -- af.fer.ent.ly adv
[2]afferent n (1949): an afferent anatomical part (as a nerve)