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Word: Electrotonus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century. From German Electrotonus from electro- + Tonus, after elektrotonisch
Definition:
Originally: a state of altered excitability produced in a nerve by passing an electric current through it. Later also: the passive spread of depolarization along a neurite, neuron, or other excitable cell.
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