panthodic, a. Physiol. rare.
(pænˈθɒdɪk)
[f. Gr. παντ(ο- panto- + Gr. ὁδός way.]
Said of nervous action: Proceeding in all directions from a single point.
| 1850 Marshall Hall Synops. Diast. Nerv. Syst. i. §7 (1852) 13 (heading) Panthodic Law of Action of the Vis Nervosa. Ibid., I use the term panthodic in a very emphatic sense; I believe that no spot of the diastaltic system can be excited without telling upon every other. 1853 in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1893 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |