Associations to the word «Anterograde»

Wiktionary

ANTEROGRADE, adjective. (medicine) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.
ANTEROGRADE, adjective. (medicine) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.
ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA, noun. (pathology) The inability to remember new information from the period beginning the amnesic episode.

Dictionary definition

ANTEROGRADE, adjective. Of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma.

Wise words

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