ascending
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as·cend·ing
(ə-sĕn'dĭng) 
adj.
adj.
- Moving, going, or growing upward: an ascending minor scale.
- Moving or progressing toward a higher level or degree: an ascending order of difficulty.
- Botany. Growing or directing upward from a curved or slanted base, as certain plant stems.
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ascending
Progressing to higher levels, usually used in reference to the nervous system.
- a. colon dilation — dilation of the spiral or coiled colon in cattle, usually a part of torsion of the mesentery of the colon; characterized by acute abdominal pain and distended loops of intestine in the right flank.
- a. hemorrhagic myelomalacia — see progressive hemorrhagic myelomalacia.
- a. hematomyelia — see progressive hemorrhagic myelomalacia.
- a. reticular activating system — see reticular activating system.
- a. syndrome — see myelomalacia.
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- Dimensions and Directions - ascending: (adj) moving upward from lower to higher level
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Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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