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Vacuum electrode

Vacuum electrode (Latin vacuum – emptiness + Greek elektron – amber + Greek hodos – a way)

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  1. The electrode which is sealed one way the glass tube filled with inert gas under low pressure; it is used at local darsonvalization (an electrotherapy method);
  2. The electrode equipped with a packing ring and adaptation it is preferential in the form of the pear-shaped rubber bulb intended for suction to a body of inspected; it is used, for example, for chest assignments of the electrocardiogram.
 
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