antidromic

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) +‎ -ic

Adjective

antidromic (not comparable)

(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
Synonym: antidromal

Antonym: orthodromic

Derived terms

Translations

of a nerve impulse: flowing in the opposite direction from normal

Irish: antadromach
Italian: antidromico (it)
Portuguese: antidrómico (Portugal), antidrômico (Brazil)

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