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retrograde
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retrograde
1. Astronomy
a. occurring or orbiting in a direction opposite to that of the earth's motion around the sun
b. occurring or orbiting in a direction around a planet opposite to the planet's rotational direction
c. appearing to move in a clockwise direction due to the rotational period exceeding the period of revolution around the sun
2. Biology tending to retrogress; degenerate
3. Music of, concerning, or denoting a melody or part that is played backwards


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Right coronary artery arose from the distal circumflex artery and followed the course, retrogradely, of the right coronary artery distribution (Fig.
Right coronary artery originating from distal circumflex artery in a ... by Karabag, Turgut; Icli, Abdullah; Kahraman, Halil / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
Both BDNF and GDNF are transported retrogradely from the periphery to the spinal cord, as is neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) [143], another promoter of spinal cell proliferation and survival [144].
Muscle and bone plasticity after spinal cord injury: review of ... by Dudley-Javoroski, Shauna; Shields, Richard K. / Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development
After passing through the skin--especially broken skin--the viruses are transported retrogradely along dendrites of sensory neurons to the dorsal root ganglion, where they remain dormant until a stress situation triggers anterograde translocation along the dendrites back to the skin (Kennedy and Chaudhuri 2002; Terasaki et al.
Nanotoxicology: an emerging discipline evolving from studies of ... by Oberdorster, Jan / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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