bathmotropic

bathmotropic

 [bath″mo-trop´ik] influencing the response of tissue to stimuli.

bath·mo·tro·pic

(bath'mō-trō'pik) Influencing nervous and muscular irritability in response to stimuli. [G. bathmos, threshold, + tropē, a turning]

bathmotropic

(bath″mŏ-trop′ik) [Gr. bathmos, a step + -tropic] Pert. to the excitability of nerves or muscles, esp. to the ability of heart muscles to be stimulated by the nerves that innervate them.