Etymology

chronaxie

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Today it means: The minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρόνος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρόνος“time”
  2. English todaychronaxie

Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρόνος all →

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