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DESCENDING CURRENT

\dɪsˈɛndɪŋ kˈʌɹənt], \dɪsˈɛndɪŋ kˈʌɹənt], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ k_ˈʌ_ɹ_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of DESCENDING CURRENT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A current passed through a nerve from its origin toward its termination.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An electric c. which passes from the nerve centers through the periphery.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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