anelectrotonus

English

Etymology

From 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

• anelectrotonic

References

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