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Efferent (medicine) and surcease(2) (iou)


Efferent (medicine)


efferent
Moving or carrying outward or away from a central part. Refers to vessels, nerves, etc. For example: blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart or nerves carrying signals from the brain.

Compare: afferent.


surcease(2) (iou)



surcease verb. arch. LME.
[Old French sursis, fem. -sise pa. pple of surseoir refrain, delay, suspend from Latin supersedere SUPERSEDE. At an early date assim. to CEASE verb.]
verb intrans. Leave off, stop, (finally or temporarily); cease. (Foll. by from, of, to do.) LME.
b. transf. Forbear to do. M16-E17.
verb intrans. Come to an end; cease. LME.
verb trans. Leave off or discontinue (an action etc.). Also, refrain from. LME.
verb trans. Put a stop to, discontinue; cause to cease. LME-L17.
verb trans. Put off, defer. rare. M16-L17.