Medical Dictionary
ascend
vi as·cend \ə-ˈsend\
Medical Definition of ASCEND
: to move upward: as a : to conduct nerve impulses toward or to the brain <nerve fibers that ascend to a nucleus of the brain> <ascending and descending tracts> b : to affect the extremities and especially the lower limbs first and then the central nervous system <ascending paralysis>
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