anterograde

anterograde

 [an´ter-o-grād″]

extending or moving forward.

an·ter·o·grade

(an'ter-ō-grād),

1. Moving forward. Compare: antegrade.

2. Extending forward from a particular timepoint; used in reference to amnesia.

3. Used in neuroscience to describe proximodistal flow, movement, or transport in an axon toward its terminals, or degeneration of an axon distal to a point of injury.

[L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go]

anterograde

/an·tero·grade/ (an´ter-o-grād″) extending or moving anteriorly.

anterograde

See antegrade.

anterograde

adjective Moving or extending forward.

an·ter·o·grade

(an'tĕr-ō-grād)

1. Moving forward.
Compare: antegrade

2. Extending forward from a particular timepoint; used in reference to amnesia.

[L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go]

an·ter·o·grade

(an'tĕr-ō-grād)

Moving forward.
Compare: antegrade

[L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go]

anterograde

extending or moving forward.