dromotropic

English

Etymology

From dromo- (“course, speed”) +‎ -tropic (“affecting, changing”), from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “course, race”) +‎ τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

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Adjective

dromotropic (not comparable)

  1. (physiology) Affecting the conductivity of cardiac muscle, used of the influence of cardiac nerves.

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