efferent

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If you’re what media savants call an “efferent reader,” looking for the efficient take-away, his approach will drive you bonkers.

From Washington Post

Then, efferent nerves rapidly carry muscle-control signals back to the hand.

From Nature

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; Ð opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

From Project Gutenberg

When the collateral circulation is insufficient to remove the blood from a region whose efferent venous trunk is completely filled with a thrombus, the phenomena of stagnation are produced.

From Project Gutenberg

The blood is collected from the walls of the gill-sacs by a series of efferent vessels which open into the dorsal aorta.

From Project Gutenberg