Definition of orthodromic in English:
orthodromic
adjective ˌɔːθəˈdrəʊmɪkˌôrTHəˈdrämik
Physiology (of an impulse) travelling in the normal direction in a nerve fibre.
The opposite of antidromic
Example sentencesExamples
- An orthodromic impulse runs along an axon in its normal direction, away from the soma.
- A 55-year-old woman with a history of recurrent orthodromic AV-nodal re-entry tachycardia was admitted for electrophysiologic evaluation.
- Sensory nerve-conduction velocities in the median and ulnar nerves were assessed with the orthodromic method.
- However, a simultaneous comparison of both antidromic and orthodromic methods on the 4th digit has not been documented.
- Orthodromic tachycardia is the most common arrhythmia in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Origin
1940s: from ortho- 'right, correct' + Greek dromos 'running' + -ic.