ANTIDROMIC


Meaning of ANTIDROMIC in English

[ ˌantɪ'drəʊmɪk ]

■ adjective Physiology (of an impulse) travelling in the opposite direction to that normal in a nerve fibre. The opposite of orthodromic .

Origin

early 20th cent.: from anti- + Gk dromos 'running' + -ic .

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