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antegrade

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antegrade /an·te·grade/ (an´tĭ-grād) anterograde.
an·te·grade (nt-grd)
adj.
Moving or extending forward.

antegrade
[an′təgrād]
Etymology: L, ante, before, gredi, to go
moving forward, or proceeding toward the front. Also called anterograde.

antegrade
performed in the normal direction of flow.


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