DIELECTRIC

adj. Di-e2l-e3k'tri2k. From fiia, through, and ri\tKTpov (see ELECTRICITY). Fr., dielectrique. Acting as a non-conductor of electricity, but allowing of its transmi ion by induction. [A, 385 (a, 21).] Pseudo-d. A compound, such as water, hydrogen chloride, or sulphuric acid, which behaves as a d. when pure, but as an electrolyte when mixed with other members of its own cla . [Armstrong, "Proc. of the Roy. Soc.," March 25, 1886, p. 268 (a, 17).] DIELECTROLYSIS (Lat,), n. f. Di(di2)-e2l(al)-ek-troal'ii's- (u6s)-i2s. Gen., dielectrolys'eos (-ol'ysis). From fiia, through, jjAeicrpov (see ELECTRICITY), and Aueti/, to di olve. Fr., dielectrolyse. Brondel's term for the proce of decomposing a medicinal compound by electrolysis with a galvanic circuit, including a diseased or painful part of the body, thus causing one of the elements of the compound to pa into or through the part. [" N. Y. Med. Jour.," Jan. 9, 1886, p. 45.] Cf. CATAPHOR ESTS. [s. 566]