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anelectrotone

anelectrotone is the obsolete form of anelectrotonus.

Meaning of anelectrotonus

Noun

anelectrotonus (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • the impulse is generated only at the anode where the nerve passes suddenly back from anelectrotonus into a normal condition.1878, Sir Michaek Foster, A Text book of physiology

Questions about anelectrotone

What is anelectrotone the obsolete form of?
Anelectrotone is the obsolete form of anelectrotonus.

Words near anelectrotone in the dictionary

  1. anele
  2. anelectric
  3. anelectrics
  4. anelectrode
  5. anelectrodes
  6. anelectrotone
  7. anelectrotonic
  8. anelectrotonus
  9. aneled
  10. aneles
  11. aneling

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