"afferent" meaning in English

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          "note": "about nerves",
          "sense": "Carrying towards",
          "word": "dostředivý"
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
          "word": "afferente"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
          "word": "hatî"
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
          "word": "آوران"
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
          "word": "aferente"
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
          "word": "aferente"
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          "sense": "Carrying towards",
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