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Definition of Electrotonus
1. n. The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.
Definition of Electrotonus
1. Noun. (biology) The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it ¹
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Definition of Electrotonus
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Medical Definition of Electrotonus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrotonus
Literary usage of Electrotonus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Human Physiology by Augustus Désiré Waller (1896)
"The term electrotonus is used to denote two distinct series of effects that are
produced when the constant current is applied to a nerve. ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"ON THE CAUSE OF electrotonus AND OF THE NORMAL FORMULA OF POLAR REACTIONS. ...
The well-ascertained facts of electrotonus show that when the isolated nerve ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1886)
"ON THE CAUSE OF electrotonus AND OF THE NORMAL FORMULA OF POLAR REACTIONS. ...
The well-ascertained facts of electrotonus show that when the isolated nerve ..."
4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"We may speak of the conditions which give rise to this electrotonic current as
a physical electrotonus analogous to that physiological electro- tonus which ..."
5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1868)
"electrotonus. A Physiological Demonstration given in the Physiological ...
In fact, in the state of electrotonus, the whole physiology of the nerve is ..."
6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"We may speak of the conditions which give rise to this electrotonic current as
a physical electrotonus analogous to that physiological electro- tonus which ..."
7. An Introduction to physiology by Augustus Désiré Waller (1893)
"The term electrotonus is used to denote two distinct series of, effects that are
produced when the constant current is applied to a nerve. ..."
8. A Manual of Physiology by Gerald Francis Yeo (1890)
"electrotonus. If one of two wires leading to a galvanometer be applied to the
centre, ... This is called electrotonus. Instead of the FIG. 202. ..."
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