retropulsion

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A tendency to step or walk backwards involuntarily, especially as a symptom of parkinsonism.

   “Retropulsion most often occurs when you are trying to reach for something higher than sholder level.”

2. isim The pushing or forcing of something to move backwards or inwards.

   “Retropulsion of the eye slackens the rectus muscle and, if forced ductions improve with retropulsion, then the restriction is secondary to a tight rectus muscle.”

3. isim Transfer of a disease from an external source to an internal organ.

   “The arthritic blepharoblenorrhœa and ophthalmoblenorrhœa appear only as a real metastasis of gout, having always followed its retropulsion in the great toe, from the application of cold moisture.”