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electrotonic

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electrotonic /elec·tro·ton·ic/ (-ton´ik)
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.
electrotonic [e-lek″tro-ton´ik]
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.
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.
electrotonic junctions
see gap junctions.
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Although we did not observe an increase in the overall dispersion of repolarization, this may be the case for the larger hearts, such as human one, due to the lower electrotonic cancellation of repolarization inhomogeneities in large myocardial volumes (7).
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