retrograde

[ret´ro-grād]

1. moving backward or against the usual direction of flow.

2. degenerating, deteriorating, or catabolic.

ret·ro·grade

(ret'rō-grād),

1. Moving backward.

2. Degenerating; reversing the normal order of growth and development.

3. Used in neuroscience to describe distal-proximal flow, movement, or transport in an axon toward its cell body, or degeneration of an axon proximal to a point of injury, such degenerative changes may extend to, and include, the cell body.

[L. retrogradus, fr. retro- + gradior, to go]

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ret·ro·grade

(ret'rō-grād)

1. Moving backward.

2. Degenerating; reversing the normal order of growth and development.

[L. retrogradus, fr. retro-, back + gradior, to go]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

retrograde

A going backwards or a reversion of the usual sequence.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

ret·ro·grade

(ret'rō-grād)

1. Moving backward.

2. Degenerating; reversing the normal order of growth and development.

[L. retrogradus, fr. retro-, back + gradior, to go]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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