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antidromic

Syllabification: (an·ti·drom·ic)
Pronunciation: /ˌantiˈdrämik/

Definition of antidromic

adjective

Physiology
  • (of an impulse) traveling in the opposite direction to that normal in a nerve fiber. The opposite of orthodromic.

Origin:

early 20th century: from anti- + Greek dromos 'running' + -ic

antidromic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of antidromic in the British & World English dictionary