† electrotonizev.
Physiology. Obsolete.
transitive. To produce electrotonus in. Also occasionally intransitive.
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1868 C. E. Morgan Electro-physiol. & Therapeutics xxxiv. 547 The stimulating electrical current electrotonizes a portion of the peroneal nerve.
1884 J. M. Robertson Elements Physiol. Physics viii. 87 Stimulate till tetanus affects the muscle, then electrotonise.
1890 Cent. Dict. Electronize, to alter the normal electric current of, as a nerve.
Derivatives
e'lectrotonizing adj. and n.
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1875 A. Gamgee tr. L. Hermann Elements Human Physiol. ix. 325 The constant current which causes this change of condition is called the ‘polarising’ or ‘electrotonising’ current.
1877 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 1 June 132/1 Adopting Du Bois Reymond's conclusion that the variation is positive when the electrotonising current is in the same direction as the current proper, and negative, when it is in the inverse direction.
1891 W. Stirling tr. L. Landois Text-bk. Human Physiol. (ed. 4) II. 692 This occurs because the electrotonising current in the excised nerve, stimulates the nerve lying on it.
1891 N.E.D. at Electrotonus Electrotonicity,..the condition produced by electrotonizing.
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