anterograde
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anterograde
[an´ter-o-grād″]extending or moving forward.
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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]
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anterograde
adjective Moving or extending forward.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
an·ter·o·grade
(an'tĕr-ō-grād)1. Moving forward.
Compare: antegrade
Compare: antegrade
2. Extending forward from a particular timepoint; used in reference to amnesia.
[L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go]
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an·ter·o·grade
(an'tĕr-ō-grād)Moving forward.
Compare: antegrade
Compare: antegrade
[L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go]
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