Definition of anterograde in English:
anterograde
adjective ˈantərəʊɡreɪdˈan(t)ərōˌɡrād
1Directed forwards in time.
- 1.1 Of or denoting a form of amnesia which involves inability to remember information encountered after its onset.
Example sentencesExamples
- On the day that patients regained consciousness, most had no residual disability, although some seemed to have retrograde or anterograde amnesia.
- Along with these ‘desired’ effects, users also commonly experience confusion, anterograde amnesia, and delirium.
- Discrete damage to the brain, especially to parts of the interior surface of the temporal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres, can also cause profound anterograde amnesia.
- ‘Your father,’ she continued, ‘has something called anterograde amnesia.’
- Following these subtle changes, anterograde memory impairments without any obvious sensory, motor, or motivational deficits are the defining feature of the early stages of this disorder.
Origin
Late 19th century: from anterior, on the pattern of retrograde.