anterograde

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accessory pathway
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auricle
bicuspid valve
femoral artery
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glomus
granulocyte
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phagocyte
portal system
precava
pulmonary artery
pulmonary vein
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
retrograde
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈret.rə.ɡreɪd/ us /ˈret.rə.ɡreɪd/
 in retrograde
in astrology(= the study of the movements and positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars in the belief that they affect the character and lives of people), moving from east to west:
Things tend to go wrong when Mercury is in retrograde.

Examples of retrograde

retrograde
We next proceeded to determine the pharmacological properties of this retrograde suppressive effect.
Temperatures of granulite-facies metamorphism: constraints from experimental phase equilibria and thermobarometry corrected for retrograde exchange.
It would have been tempting to let the metaphor decide, say by exiting into a cloister, or by retrograde back the way one came.
Flow in die descending aorta was abnormal, with retrograde flow in diastole at die level of the diaphragm.
Whole-cell recordings were obtained from ganglion cells in a retinal slice preparation and from acutely dissociated ganglion cells that were identified through retrograde dye injection.
The chemical compositions of minerals with the largest grain size have been used for thermobarometry to minimize the effects of retrograde diffusion.
Studies using retrograde transport of fluorescent dyes and simultaneous peptide immunohistochemistry in the rat.
Thalamic projections of nucleus reticularis thalami of cat: a study using retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase and fluorescent tracers.
To investigate if single neurons project to multiple targets we used paired injections of red and green fluorescent retrograde tracers into different targets.
There are only a few grains of biotite present in the studied rock with textures indicating retrograde origin.
It is used first in its original contour form and then in an incomplete retrograde.
He distinguishes three cases: when the planet's motion is direct; when it is retrograde; and finally when the planet is stationary.
The catheter was advanced into the pulmonary trunk after retrograde arterial catheterization of the dominant ventricle.
Subcortical afferents to the frontal lobe in the rhesus monkey studied by means of retrograde horseradish peroxidase transport.
In contrast, retrograde conduction through an accessory pathway is seldom affected by adenosine, except in those individuals with slow retrograde conduction.
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