retrograde

retrograde definition - medical

ret·ro·grade (rĕtˈrə-grādˌ)

adjective
  1. Moving or tending backward.
  2. Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed.
  3. Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition.
verb
  1. To move or seem to move backward; recede.
  2. To decline to an inferior state; degenerate.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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