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afferent (iou) and gelding (medicine)


afferent (iou)



afferent adjective. M19.
[Latin afferent- pres. ppl stem of afferre, from ad AF- + ferre bring: see -ENT.]
Anatomy. Conducting inwards (of a nerve: towards the central nervous system; of a blood-vessel: towards an organ). Opp. EFFERENT.

gelding (medicine)


gelding


A castrated animal; usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male. "They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him." (Wyclif (Acts viii. 38))

Origin: Icel. Gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. Galling gelding, Dan. Gilding eunuch. See Geld.

Source: Websters Dictionary