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sensory fiber

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Noun1.sensory fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
afferent fiber
nerve fiber, nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve - a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
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