anelectrotonus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
an- + electrotonus
Noun[edit]
anelectrotonus (uncountable)
- The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
- 1878, Sir Michaek Foster, A Text book of physiology:
- the impulse is generated only at the anode where the nerve passes suddenly back from anelectrotonus into a normal condition.
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References[edit]
“anelectrotonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.