Electrode

Introduction: Electrode

Description of Electrode

Electrode: conductor by which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium; in electrotherapy, electrodes are instruments with a point or surface from which to transmit electric current to the body of a patient or to another instrument; in electrodiagnosis, they are needles or metal plates.
Source: CRISP

Electrode: Mediums used between an electric conductor and the object to which the current is to be applied. In electrotherapy, electrodes are instruments with a point or surface from which to transmit electric current to the body of a patient or to another instrument; in electrodiagnosis, they are needles or metal plates used to stimulate or record the electrical activity of tissue. (From Dorland, 28th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Electrode: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Electrode:

• Device
• Record
• Extremities
• Circuit
• Battery
• End
• Terminal
• Terminal disease
• Electrochemical

Terms associated with Electrode:

Terms Similar to Electrode:

• Anode
• Cathode

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Electrode:

• Electrodes, Implanted
• Microelectrodes
• Ion-Selective Electrodes
• Defibrillators

Source - MeSH 2007

• enzyme electrode
• microelectrode
• silver chloride electrode

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Electrode

• Electricity

Source - MeSH 2007

• biomedical equipment

Source - CRISP

The term Electrode can be used for:

• hydrogen electrode
• multilayer membrane electrode
• platinum electrode

Source: CRISP

The description of Electrode may also be used for the following terms:

• anode
• cathode

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Electrode

The following list attempts to classify Electrode into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Equipment and Supplies
  • Electrodes

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Natural Sciences
  • Physics
    • Electricity
      • Electrodes

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