catelectrotonus

English

Etymology

From cata- +‎ electrotonus.

Noun

catelectrotonus (uncountable)

1. The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode when a current is passed through it.

Derived terms

• catelectrotonic

 

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “catelectrotonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)