antidromic
English edit
Etymology edit
From anti- + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) + -ic.
Adjective edit
antidromic (not comparable)
- (neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
- Synonym: antidromal
- Antonym: orthodromic
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
of a nerve impulse: flowing in the opposite direction from normal
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