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Noun: sensory fiber
  1. A nerve fibre that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
    - afferent fiber

Derived forms: sensory fibers

Type of: nerve fiber [US], nerve fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve

Encyclopedia: Sensory fiber

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