ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Posttetanic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Posttetanic is an adjective meaning Following tetany.

Meaning

Following tetany.

Example Sentences

This EF phenomenon is frequently associated with central mechanisms such as posttetanic potentiation at the Ia synapse, temporal summation of subthreshold excitatory postsynaptic potentials of Ia fibers to the motoneurons and activation of persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurons [4, 17, 18, 20 ].

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hyperpolarization, potentiation, tetanic, antitetanic, postingestive, tetanoid.

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