Antidromically
conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to the usual one.
adjective
(of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
antidromic an·ti·drom·ic (ān’tĭ-drŏm’ĭk)
adj.
Relating to the propagation of an impulse along an axon in a direction that is the reverse of normal.
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