Relating to or characterized by catelectrotonus; affected by electrical changes at the cathode.
From catelectrode plus the suffix -otic (relating to or affected by). A technical term from 19th-century electrophysiology.
This Victorian-era word captures how scientists initially understood electricity through analogies with muscle physiology—they literally believed electrical current affected muscles like an invisible force, decades before they understood electrons.
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