antidromic

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

antidromic (not comparable)

1. (neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal

   Synonym: antidromal

   Antonym: orthodromic

Derived terms

• antidromically
• antidromicity

Translations

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

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