Medical term:

cathodically

cathode

[kath´ōd]

the electrode at which reduction occurs and to which cations are attracted. adj., adj cathod´ic.

cath·ode (Ca, C),

(kath'ōd),

The negative pole of a galvanic battery or the electrode connected with it; the electrode toward which positively charged ions (cations) migrate and are reduced, and into which electrons are fed from their source (anode or generator). Compare: anode.

Synonym(s): negative electrode

[G. kathodos, a way down, fr. kata, down, + hodos, a way]

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cath·ode

(C) (kath'ōd)

1. The negative pole of a galvanic battery or the electrode connected with it; the electrode to which positively charged ions (cations) migrate.
Compare: anode

2. Negatively charged part of the x-ray tube head; it contains the tungsten filament.
Synonym(s): negative electrode.

[G. kathodos, a way down, fr. kata, down, + hodos, a way]

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cathode

a negatively charged electrode to which positively charged ions move. Compare ANODE.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Cathode

The negative electrode from which an electromagnetic current flows.

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cath·ode

(C) (kath'ōd)

1. The negative pole of a galvanic battery or the electrode connected with it; the electrode to which positively charged ions (cations) migrate.
Compare: anode

2. Negatively charged part of the x-ray tube head; it contains the tungsten filament.
Synonym(s): negative electrode.

[G. kathodos, a way down, fr. kata, down, + hodos, a way]

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