cataphoric

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Wm. Wood & Co.pp. 431 and 432.] [Footnote 3: For some experiments concerning the cataphoric effects of the galvanic current, see an article by MUNK, entitled “Ueber die galvanische Einführung differenter

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  1. Having the power to produce motion, as of a liquid, through a diaphragm in the phenomenon sometimes called electrical endosmose (see endosmose): said of an electric current.
  2. Relating to *cataphoresis, to *cataphoria. See these words. The cataphoric electrode, covered with a thickness of lintine, or similar material saturated with adrenalin, is connected with the positive pole of the battery, or other electric source. Med. Record, March 7, 1903, p. 363.

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  • Wm. Wood & Co.pp. 431 and 432.] [Footnote 3: For some experiments concerning the cataphoric effects of the galvanic current, see an article by MUNK, entitled “Ueber die galvanische Einführung differenter —  The Electric Bath
 

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  1. from Greek καταφορικός, violent, from κατάφορος, rushing down, from καταφέρειν, bring down: see cataphora.
 

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