Definition of antidromic in English:
antidromic
adjectiveˌantɪˈdrəʊmɪkˌan(t)ēˈdrämik
Physiology (of an impulse) travelling in the opposite direction to that normal in a nerve fibre.
The opposite of orthodromic
Example sentencesExamples
- This reduction reflected the shunting and reduced amplitude of the antidromic action potential by the inhibition.
- These include, most importantly, showing the we can detect fluorescence responses in cells to single antidromic stimuli, along with evidence that a cell can in fact produce a detectable response under some behavioral conditions.
- Vascular response to antidromic ES of the sciatic nerve.
- Broad complex tachycardias may also occur in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, either as an antidromic atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia or in association with atrial flutter or fibrillation.
- Electrophysiologic recordings demonstrated that activation of sensory nerve fibers, either by antidromic stimulation or capsaicin, depolarized these neurons.
Origin
Early 20th century: from anti- + Greek dromos 'running' + -ic.