retrograde (redirected from retrogradation)

retrograde /ret·ro·grade/ (ret´ro-grād) going backward; retracing a former course; catabolic.

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ret·ro·grade (rtr-grd)

adj.

1. Moving or tending backward.

2. Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed.

3. Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition.

v.

1. To move or seem to move backward; recede.

2. To decline to an inferior state; degenerate.

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retrograde

[ret′rəgrād]

Etymology: L, retro + gradus, step

1 moving backward; moving in the opposite direction to that which is considered normal.

2 degenerating; reverting to an earlier state or worse condition.

3 catabolic.

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retrograde,

v to move backward, degenerate, or return to an earlier state or worse condition.

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retrograde

going backward; retracting a former course; catabolic.

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retrograde pyelography

radiography of the kidney after introduction of contrast medium through the ureter.