Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Catelectrotonus

Catelectrotonus , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} down + {not transcribed} (see Electro-) + {not transcribed} tone.]

(Physics) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.