Definitions

1. adjective

relating to or affecting memory loss that prevents new information from being learned or remembered, but allows previously learned information to be recalled.

“The patient suffered from anterograde amnesia after the accident.”

2. noun

a condition of memory loss that prevents new information from being learned or remembered, but allows previously learned information to be recalled.

“The doctor diagnosed the patient with anterograde amnesia.”

3. adverb

in the direction from the front to the back, or from the beginning to the end.

“The flow of water was anterograde, from the source to the dam.”