electrode

(e-lek'tr5d) [electro- + G. odos, way.] One of the two extremities of an electric circuit; one of the two poles of an electric battery or of the ends of the conductors connected therewith. ac'tive e., therapeutic e. disper's ing e., indifferent e., silent e. exci'ting e., therapeutic e. indifferent e., silent e., the e. employed simply to complete the circuit, which exerts no therapeutic effect, lo'calizing e., therapeutic e. neg'ative e., cathode, pos'itive e., anode, si'lent e., indifferent e. therapeu'tic e., the e. by means of which the therapeutic action of the electricity is obtained.