ANTEROGRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anterograde mean? 

• ANTEROGRADE (adjective)
  The adjective ANTEROGRADE has 1 sense:

1. of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma

  Familiarity information: ANTEROGRADE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTEROGRADE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma

Attribute:

temporal relation (a relation involving time)

Antonym:

retrograde (of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma)

 Context examples 

A disorder involving memory impairment (either anterograde or retrograde) that is etiologically linked to the direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition.

(Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include anterograde and retrograde amnesia, confabulation, apathy, ataxia, and coma.

(Korsakoff Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)