Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EFFERENT
efferent, motorial
(adjective) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; “efferent nerves and impulses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
efferent (not comparable)
Carrying away from.
Carried outward.
Antonyms
• afferent
Noun
efferent (plural efferents)
A duct or stream that carries away.
Source: Wiktionary
Ef"fe*rent, a. Etym: [L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) 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.
Ef"fe*rent, n.
Definition: An efferent duct or stream.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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