rheophoren.
/ˈriːəfɔː/, U.S. /ˈriəˌfɔr/ 1. A current-carrying wire, esp. one connecting a battery to another electrical component. Now rare.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun]
wire1746
electric wire1819
rheophore1827
live wire1881
line1886
power wire1890
1827 J. Cumming tr. J. F. Demonferrand Man. Electro Dynamics 6 Ampère has proposed to avoid this inconvenience..by giving the name of Rheophores to the two portions of conductors attached to the end of the pile.
1843 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 133 307 The word Rheophore was employed by Ampère to designate the connecting wire of a voltaic apparatus as being the carrier or transmitter of the current.
1892 F. H. Martin Electricity xiv. 105 The connecting cords or wires between the battery and the electrodes, are called rheophores.
1910 Pacific Coast Jrnl. Homeopathy 21 123 A rheophore connecting the solenoid with a metallic plate placed in contact with the patient's body.
2. Medicine. An electrode applied to the body of a patient during electrotherapy. Now historical and rare.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > connection, contact > [noun] > electrode
electrode1833
rheophore1863
control electrode1913
microelectrode1917
paddle1957
1863 tr. G.-B. Duchenne Nature, Causes & Treatm. Nervous Deafness 7 I have got M. Charriere to construct for me an auricular rheophore.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 23 While the rheophore is thus placed and the current still passing, the patient should be made to exercise these muscles.
1912 V. G. Vicki Sexual Impotence (ed. 4) viii. 330 A still stronger effect is produced by the introduction of the copper pole into the rectum by means of the rectal rheophore.
2003 A. Hartz tr. G. Didi-Huberman Invention Hysteria vii. 196 Duchenne de Boulogne claimed to cure hysterics with his little rheophores.
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ˌrheoˈphoric adj. now rare
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1843 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 133 307 The method of obtaining the constants of a rheophoric circuit.
1895 H. A. Hare Hayem's Physical & Nat. Therapeutics vi. 274 The circuit is composed, first, of conducting wires; second, of the rheophoric plates or pads placed in contact with the skin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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