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单词 anterograde
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Definition of anterograde in English:

anterograde

adjective ˈantərəʊɡreɪdˈan(t)ərōˌɡrād
  • 1Directed forwards in time.

    1. 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.

 
 

Definition of anterograde in US English:

anterograde

adjectiveˈan(t)ərōˌɡrād
  • 1Directed forward in time.

    The opposite of retrograde
    1. 1.1 Of or denoting a type of amnesia involving inability to remember any new information.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • 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.
      • ‘Your father,’ she continued, ‘has something called anterograde amnesia.’
      • 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.
      • Along with these ‘desired’ effects, users also commonly experience confusion, anterograde amnesia, and delirium.
      • On the day that patients regained consciousness, most had no residual disability, although some seemed to have retrograde or anterograde amnesia.

Origin

Late 19th century: from anterior, on the pattern of retrograde.

 
 
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