Efferent

Part of speech: noun (n.)

An efferent duct or stream.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

2. Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.