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

cathisma
cathismas
cathodal
cathodal closure contraction
cathodal closure tetanus
cathodal duration tetanus
cathodal opening clonus
cathodal opening contraction
cathodal opening tetanus
cathodally
cathode
cathode-ray oscilloscope
cathode-ray tube
cathode ray
cathode ray tube
cathode rays (current term)
cathodes
cathodic
cathodic protection
cathodically
cathodoluminescence
cathodoluminescences
cathodoluminescent
cathole
catholes
catholical
catholically
catholicate
catholicates
catholicise

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