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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. combining form

electro-

+ Gr. [GREEK] tension.]

(Physiol.)

The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See

, and

electrotonus ‎(uncountable)

(biology) The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it