Phys. [mod. f. ἀν = ἀνά up + ἤλεκτρον amber (see ELECTRIC) + τόν-ος strain, tension.] A state of depressed irritability produced in a nerve in the vicinity of the positive pole of an electric current which traverses it.
1873. A. Flint, Phys. Man, iii. 116. Near the anode, the excitability of the nerve is diminished, and this condition has been called anelectro[to]nus.
1878. Foster, Phys., I. ii. § 2. 61. The changes in the region of the anode are spoken of as anelectrotonus.
