retrograde
pronunciation
How to pronounce retrograde in British English:
UK [ˈretrəgreɪd]
How to pronounce retrograde in American English:
US [ˈrɛtrəˌɡred]
-
- Verb:
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- move back
- go back over
- get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition
-
- Adjective:
- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
- going from better to worse
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
Word Origin
- retrograde
- retrograde: see gradual
- retrograde (adj.)
- late 14c., originally of the apparent motions of planets, from Latin retrogradus "going back, going backward," from retrogradi "move backward," from retro- "backward" (see retro-) + gradi "to go, step" (see grade (n.)). General sense of "tending to revert" is recorded from 1530s.
Example
- 1. This change in direction is known as retrograde motion .
- 2. The most common ejaculatory dysfunction is premature ejaculation , but the condition also describes delayed ejaculation , inability to ejaculate , painful ejaculation , retrograde ejaculation , as well as a reduced volume of ejaculate or diminished force of ejaculation .
- 3. Retrograde attitudes clash with the desire of young women to be able to express themselves without being harassed .
- 4. Analysis of 118 cases of retrograde gastric mucosa prolapse by gastroscope .
- 5. Conclusions ebv may be related to retrograde pulpitis .