What is "anabatic"

Anabatic \An`a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]

a. 1 (context of a warm air current English) rising (up a slope) 2 (context medicine English) Of or pertaining to anabasis

adj. of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope; "an anabatic wind" [ant: katabatic]