different between afferent vs dysafferentation

English

Etymology

From Latin adferens (“bringing to”), present participle of adferre (“to bring to”), from ad (“to, toward”) + ferre (“to carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.f?.r?nt/, IPA^(key): /?æ.f??.?nt/

Adjective

afferent (not comparable)

1. Carrying towards.

   Antonym: efferent

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

afferent (plural afferents)

1. An afferent structure or connection

Derived terms

• afferented

Further reading

• afferent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• afferent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• afferent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Danish

Adjective

afferent

1. (anatomy) carrying towards central organs

Inflection

Antonyms

• efferent

Further reading

• “afferent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

afferent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of affer?

English

Etymology

dys- +? afferent +? -ation

Noun

dysafferentation (uncountable)

1. (chiropractic) Abnormal afferent input as a result of joint restriction that involves a functional decrease in the activity of large diameter mechanoreceptor afferent fibers and a simultaneous functional increases in the activity of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers.

References

• Definition from Redwood & Cleavland Fundamentals of Chiropractic
• Seaman: J Manipulative Physiol Ther 20:634, 1997
• Seaman & Winterstein: J Manipulative Physiol Ther 21(4):267, 1998
• Schaible & Grub: Pain 55:5, 1993
• Burns LA: Effects of upper cervical and upper thoracic lesions J Am Osteopath Assoc 22:266, 1923