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antegrade

antegrade adjective: moving or directed forward.

Adjective

antegrade

  1. moving or directed forward
    Synonyms:
    anterograde

Synonyms of antegrade

Antonyms

Origin of antegrade

From ante (“anterior”) + -grade (“direction”).

Words formed from antegrade

  • antegrade urography

Questions about antegrade

What does antegrade mean?
Antegrade means moving or directed forward.
What part of speech is antegrade?
Antegrade is an adjective.

Words near antegrade in the dictionary

  1. antefurcae
  2. antefurcal
  3. antegastric
  4. anteglacial
  5. antegonial
  6. antegrade
  7. antegradely
  8. antegrammatical
  9. antehelices
  10. antehelix
  11. antehelixes

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