| electrotonic |
1. pertaining to electrotonus. 2. denoting the direct spread of current in tissues by electrical conduction, without the generation of new current by action potentials.
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| electrotonic c. |
a current induced in the sheath of a nerve by a current passing through the conducting part of that nerve, or by an action potential in an adjacent nerve.
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| electrotonic s. |
see gap junction, under junction.
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