Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anterograde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: an-tero-grade
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.

adj

Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

anterogradely

Phrases

anterograde amnesia

Synonyms

antegrade

Antonyms

retrograde

Questions

What does anterograde mean?: Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.
Where does anterograde come from?: From antero- + -grade (“direction”) from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).

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