anterograde

See also:antérograde

English

Etymology

Fromantero-+‎-grade(“direction”)fromLatingradus(“pace, step”).

Adjective

anterograde(notcomparable)

1. (medicine)Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.

   Anterogradeamnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia.

2. (medicine)Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.

   Synonym:antegrade

   Movement of mitochondria and other cell parts from a neuron's cell body toward the synapse is calledanterogradetransport.

   Anterogradetracing is a research technique which is used to trace neural connections from their source to their point of termination. The opposite technique is retrograde tracing.

Antonyms

• retrograde

Derived terms

• anterograde amnesia
• anterogradely

Translations

medicine: taking place immediately after a traumatic event

• Finnish:anterogradinen
• French:antérograde(fr)morf
• Portuguese:anterógrado

medicine: moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of

• Finnish:anterogradinen
• French:antérograde(fr)morf
• Portuguese:anterógrado

Italian

Adjective

anterograde

1. femininepluralofanterogrado