electrode

electrode definition - medical

e·lec·trode (ĭ-lĕkˈtrōdˌ)

noun
  1. A solid electric conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolytic cell or other medium.
  2. A collector or emitter of electric charge or of electric-charge carriers, as in a semiconducting device.

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