retropulsiveadj.
/ˌrɛtrəʊˈpʌlsɪv/, U.S. /ˌrɛtroʊˈpəlsɪv/ Chiefly Medicine.
Of or relating to retropulsion (in any sense).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > causing backwards movement
retractivec1484
retroactive1611
retropulsive1790
1790 W. Rowley Treat. Princ. Dis. Eyes & Eyelids 308 Ulcers suddenly healing from some retropulsive cause have produced the gutta serena.
1803 Med. Repository 2nd Hexade 1 209 Injections are objectionable, not from any retropulsive motion as to the venereal virus, but from the state they induce in the lining membrane of the urethra.
1852 Amer. Law Reg. 1 99 The retropulsive power at the disposal of the engineer was applied in vain.
1892 F. W. H. Myers in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 8 530 I shall avoid postulating any ‘retropulsive current’ from brain to retina.
1901 Lancet 14 Dec. 1679/1 The retropulsive gait in paralysis agitans had been said to be rare.
1989 Brain 112 1040 The absences are the same as in CAE but retropulsive movements are less common.
2007 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 66 987/1 There is a grinding (trituration) phase in which the antrum contracts in both retropulsive and propulsive fashion against a closed pylorus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1790- to fig away
- to fig out
- to fig out a horse
- to fig up
- to fight a case
- to fight a prize
- to fight an action
- to fight at barriers
- to fight at outrance
- to fight at the half-staff
- to fight at the halfstaff
- to fight at the leg
- to fight at the outrance
- to fight back
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- to fight like kilkenny cats
- to fight off
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- to fight short