anterograde

See also: antérograde

English

Etymology

From antero- +‎ -grade (“direction”) from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).

Adjective

anterograde (not comparable)

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

   Anterograde amnesia 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 called anterograde transport.

   Anterograde tracing 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) m or f
• Portuguese: anterógrado

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

• Finnish: anterogradinen
• French: antérograde (fr) m or f
• Portuguese: anterógrado

Italian

Adjective

anterograde

1. feminine plural of anterogrado