| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| chronaxie |
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| SYLLABICATION: | chro·nax·ie |
| PRONUNCIATION: | kr n k s , kr n k - |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also chro·nax·y |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. chro·nax·ies The minimum interval of time necessary to electrically stimulate a muscle or nerve fiber, using twice the minimum current needed to elicit a threshold response. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : Greek khronos, time + Greek axi , value (from axios, worthy; see ag- in Appendix I).
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