Medical Dictionary
retrospective
adj ret·ro·spec·tive \-ˈspek-tiv\
Medical Definition of RETROSPECTIVE
1
a : of, relating to, or given to introspection b : relating to or being a study (as of a disease) that starts with the present condition of a population of individuals and collects data about their past history to explain their present condition—compare prospective
2
: based on memory
—ret·ro·spec·tive·ly adverb
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