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English
Etymology
From an- + electrotonus.
Noun
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
References
“anelectrotonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.