Medical Definition of Cathode rays

1. A stream of electrons emitted from the negative electrode (cathode) in a Crookes tube; their bombardment of the anode or the glass wall of the tube gives rise to X-ray's. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathode Rays

cathodal
cathodally
cathodal closure contraction
cathodal closure tetanus
cathodal duration tetanus
cathodal opening clonus
cathodal opening contraction
cathodal opening tetanus
cathode
cathode
cathode-ray oscilloscope
cathode-ray tube
cathodes
cathode ray
cathode ray
cathode rays (current term)
cathode ray tube
cathodic
cathodic
cathodically
cathodic protection
cathole
catholes
Catholic
catholically
catholicate
catholicates
catholicise
catholicism
Catholicism

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