ORTHODROMIC


Meaning of ORTHODROMIC in English

[ ˌɔ:θə'drəʊmɪk ]

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

Origin

1940s: from ortho- + Gk dromos 'running' + -ic .

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