Author: Glossary

The ionic linkage between atoms in which each accepts or donates electrons so that each atom ends up with a completed electron shell.  

The change in the irritability of a nerve or muscle during the passage of an electric current.  

To the heat generated by electricity and its uses (e.g., in surgery).  

Any electrical unit of measure based on the attraction or repulsion of a static charge, as distinguished from an electromagnetic unit, which is defined in terms of the attraction or repulsion of magnetic poles. In the electrostatic system, the unit used to measure charge is defined as the charge that repels an identical charge with…

Shock produced by an electric current, used in psychiatry to treat depression. A therapeutic approach employed for specific mental health conditions, involving the induction of controlled shock by applying electrical current to the brain.  

An instrument that detects radiation intensity. An instrument utilized for detecting electrical variations. The most commonly employed type consists of a manually crafted apparatus composed of a metal rod with two gold leaves at its end, enclosed within an insulated glass jar. When a charge is applied to the rod, the charge travels along the…

Division of tissues by electrocautery.  

Removal of tissue by use of an electric device such as an electrocautery.  

Charged with positive electricity, which results in the repulsion of bodies electrified positively and the attraction of bodies electrified negatively.  

To stimulation of the phrenic nerve by electricity.