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单词 orthodromic
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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.

 
 

Definition of orthodromic in US English:

orthodromic

adjectiveˌôrTHəˈdrämik
Physiology
  • (of an impulse) traveling in the normal direction in a nerve fiber.

    The opposite of antidromic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Orthodromic tachycardia is the most common arrhythmia in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
    • However, a simultaneous comparison of both antidromic and orthodromic methods on the 4th digit has not been documented.
    • An orthodromic impulse runs along an axon in its normal direction, away from the soma.
    • Sensory nerve-conduction velocities in the median and ulnar nerves were assessed with the orthodromic method.
    • A 55-year-old woman with a history of recurrent orthodromic AV-nodal re-entry tachycardia was admitted for electrophysiologic evaluation.

Origin

1940s: from ortho- ‘right, correct’ + Greek dromos ‘running’ + -ic.

 
 
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