Medical Definition of Geissler tube
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A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; so called from the name of a noted maker in germany.
It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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