Meanings
- not comparablemedicineEffective 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.
- not comparablemedicineMoving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.
Movement of mitochondria and other cell parts from a neuron's cell body toward the synapse is called anterograde transport.
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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.
Synonyms: antegrade
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMoving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From antero- + -grade (“direction”) from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish anterogradinen, anterogradinen
- anterogradinenmedicine: taking place immediately after a traumatic event
- anterogradinenmedicine: moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of
French antérograde, antérograde
- antérogrademedicine: taking place immediately after a traumatic event
- antérogrademedicine: moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of
Portuguese anterógrado, anterógrado
- anterógradomedicine: taking place immediately after a traumatic event
- anterógradomedicine: moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of
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anterograde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anterograde
“anterograde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anterograde. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anterograde,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anterograde.
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