anelectrotonus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]“anelectrotonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.