See Also: Nernst's theory(medicine)
lectio difficilior(dictionary)
difficilior lectio(dictionary)
Nernst(dictionary)
Nernst's equation(medicine)
Nernst potential(medicine)
Nernst equation(medicine)
Nernst, Walther(medicine)
Nernst, Walther Hermann(encyclopedia)
theory(dictionary)

difficilior lectio (iou) and Nernst's theory (medicine)


difficilior lectio (iou)



difficilior lectio noun phr. . E20.
[Latin, from the maxim difficilior lectio potior the harder reading is to be preferred. See also LECTIO DIFFICILIOR.]
Textual Criticism. The more difficult or unexpected of two variant readings and therefore the one that is less likely to be a copyist's error; (the principle of) giving preference to such a reading.

Nernst's theory (medicine)


Nernst's theory


That the passage of an electric current through the tissues causes a dissociation of the ions, with consequent concentration of salts in the solution bathing the cell membranes, the electric stimulus being thereby effected.