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Definition of Retrograde

1. Verb. Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies.

2. Adjective. Moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth.

3. Verb. Move in a direction contrary to the usual one. "Retrograding planets"

4. Adjective. Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma.

5. Verb. Move back. "The glacier retrogrades"

6. Adjective. Going from better to worse.

7. Verb. Go back over. "Retrograde arguments"

8. Adjective. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.

9. Verb. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.

Definition of Retrograde

1. a. Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

2. v. i. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

Definition of Retrograde

1. [v -GRADED, -GRADING, -GRADES]

Medical Definition of Retrograde

1. 1. Moving backward or against the usual direction of flow. 2. Degenerating, deteriorating or catabolic. Origin: L. Gradi = to step This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrograde

retroflexed retroflexed retroflexes retroflexion retroflexion retroflexions retroflex fasciculus retrofracted retrogasserian neurectomy retrogasserian neurotomy

retrognathic retrognathism retrogradation retrogradations retrograde (current term) retrograde (current term) retrograded retrogradely retrogrades retrograde amnesia

retrograde amnesia retrograde aortography retrograde axonal transport retrograde beat retrograde block retrograde cardioplegia retrograde chromatolysis retrograde conduction retrograde degeneration retrograde ejaculation

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