Anterograde

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. not-comparable

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

  2. 2
    Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of. not-comparable

    "Movement of mitochondria and other cell parts from a neuron's cell body toward the synapse is called anterograde transport."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma wordnet

Synonyms

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antegrade

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

Etymology

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

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