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anelectrotonus

anelectrotonus noun: 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.

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

Origin of anelectrotonus

From an- + electrotonus.

Words formed from anelectrotonus

Questions about anelectrotonus

What does anelectrotonus mean?
Anelectrotonus means 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.
What part of speech is anelectrotonus?
Anelectrotonus is a noun.

Words near anelectrotonus in the dictionary

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

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