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electrotonus

electrotonus noun: the variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it.

Noun

electrotonus (uncountable)

  1. The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it

electrotonus meaning in Tamil

electrotonus in Tamil

மின்னதிர்வுக்குட்பட்ட உணர்ச்சி நரம்பு

Origin of electrotonus

From electro- + tonus.

Words formed from electrotonus

Questions about electrotonus

What does electrotonus mean?
Electrotonus means the variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it.
What is electrotonus in Tamil?
Electrotonus in Tamil is மின்னதிர்வுக்குட்பட்ட உணர்ச்சி நரம்பு. See Electrotonus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is electrotonus?
Electrotonus is a noun.

Words near electrotonus in the dictionary

  1. electrotonize
  2. electrotonized
  3. electrotonizes
  4. electrotonizing
  5. electrotonous
  6. electrotonus
  7. electrotopological
  8. electrotopology
  9. electrotorture
  10. electrotransfect
  11. electrotransfected

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electrotonus (page history and authors); electrotonus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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