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chronaxie, chronaxia, chronaxy (s) (noun); chronaxies; chronaxias; chronaxies (pl)
The minimum duration of an electric current required to induce muscular contraction at a voltage of two times the threshold voltage: A chronaxie is a measurement of excitability of nervous or muscular tissue, or the shortest duration of an effective electrical stimulus having a strength equal to twice the minimum strength required for excitation.
A chronaxia is the time interval needed to stimulate a nerve or muscle fiber electrically.
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