anelectrotonus

English

Etymology

an- +‎ electrotonus

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.
    • 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

References

“anelectrotonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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