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- Cathode - n. - The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode.
- Anticathode - n. - The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.
- Catelectrotonus - n. - The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.