discharge (dis-charj'). i

The escape (especially by violence) of pent, up or accumulated energy or of explosive material. 2. The flowing away of a secretion or excretion of pus, and the like. 3. The material ejected by a d. (2d def.). cerebral cortical d. The violent action of a diseased portion of the cerebral cortex that gives rise to an epileptic paroxysm, disruptive d. An electrical d. accompanied with the development of light and sound, electric d. A slow or instantaneous bringing back to a neutral electric condition, by which every highly electrified body loses its surplus electricity, giving it up to surrounding bodies le highly electrified, lochial d. See lochia, paralytic d. See paralytic secretion, silent d. The gradual lo of electricity by even isolated bodies, owing to the conductibility of air and its contained vapors, together with that of the isolating bodies themselves.