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deferent

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def·er·ent 1  (dfr-nt, dfrnt)
adj.
Showing deference; deferential.
def·er·ent 2  (dfr-nt, dfrnt)
adj.
1. Anatomy Carrying down or away. Used of a duct or vessel.
2. Serving or adapted to carry or transport.
[Middle English defferent, from Latin dferns, dferent-, present participle of dferre, to carry away; see defer2.]
deferent1
adj
another word for deferential
deferent2
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc., outwards, down, or away; efferent
n
(Astronomy) Astronomy (in the Ptolemaic system) a circle centred on the earth around which the centre of the epicycle was thought to move
[from Latin dēferre; see defer2]
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Adj.1.deferent - showing deference
deferential, regardful
respectful - full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"


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