<B>electrooculogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tracing made by an electrooculograph. </DL>
<A NAME="electrooculograph">
<B>electrooculograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for measuring the speed and direction of eye movements by registering differences in electric potential. </DL>
<A NAME="electrooculography">
<B>electrooculography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the technique of using the electrooculograph. </DL>
<B>electrooptical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electrooptics. </DL>
<A NAME="electrooptics">
<B>electrooptics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of the relations between electricity and optics. </DL>
<A NAME="electroosmosis">
<B>electroosmosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the flow of a liquid through a porous membrane as a result of an electric field created by electrodes placed on opposite sides of the membrane. It is utilized in drying and stabilizing soil. </DL>
<A NAME="electroosmotic">
<B>electroosmotic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electroosmosis. </DL>
<A NAME="electropathic">
<B>electropathic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electropathy. </DL>
<B>electrophile, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance that is strongly attracted to electrons. <BR> <I>Ex. Then by dividing heterolytic [cell-destroying] reagents into nucleophiles and electrophiles, he [Sir Christopher Ingold] saw the basis of a scheme interrelating a great range of chemical reactions (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electrophilic">
<B>electrophilic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> strongly attracted to electrons. <BR> <I>Ex. an electrophilic molecule or ion.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electrophonic">
<B>electrophonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of musical instruments) producing varied sounds by the varying of oscillations of an electric current. </DL>
<A NAME="electrophoresis">
<B>electrophoresis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the movement of colloidal particles resulting from the influence of an electric field. <DD><B> 2. </B>a technique based on this phenomenon, widely used to separate and analyze the molecular structure of substances such as blood plasma. </DL>
<A NAME="electrophoretic">
<B>electrophoretic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or produced by electrophoresis. <BR> <I>Ex. electrophoretic analysis.</I> adv. <B>electrophoretically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="electrophoretogram">
<B>electrophoretogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a record of the parts of a substance separated by electrophoresis. </DL>
<A NAME="electrophorus">
<B>electrophorus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ori.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a simple device for producing charges of electricity by means of induction. </DL>
<A NAME="electrophotographic">
<B>electrophotographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or using electrophotography. <BR> <I>Ex. an electrophotographic copier.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electrophotography">
<B>electrophotography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> photography that uses electric processes for producing images, as xerography. </DL>
<A NAME="electrophysiological">
<B>electrophysiological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or produced by electrophysiology. <BR> <I>Ex. From careful electrophysiological measurements it seems that a retina, even in total darkness, transmits a constant barrage of randomly scattered spontaneous responses to the brain (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electrophysiologist">
<B>electrophysiologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies electrophysiology. </DL>
<A NAME="electrophysiology">
<B>electrophysiology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science that studies the relationship between living organisms and electricity. <DD><B> 2. </B>the electrical activity associated with any part of the body and its functions. <BR> <I>Ex. the electrophysiology of the retina.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electropism">
<B>electropism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) curvature of growth in plants due to slight electric currents. </DL>
<A NAME="electroplate">
<B>electroplate, </B>verb, <B>-plated,</B> <B>-plating.</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to cover (silverware, printing plates, etc.) with a coating of metal by means of electrolysis. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>silverware or other metal covered in this way. <DD><B> 2. </B>a printing plate made by this process. noun <B>electroplater.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="electroplating">
<B>electroplating, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of coating metal by means of electrolysis. </DL>
<A NAME="electropneumatic">
<B>electropneumatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> moved by electric and pneumatic power. <BR> <I>Ex. The equipment ... works on an electropneumatic system (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electropolar">
<B>electropolar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having one end or surface positive and the other negative, as an electrical conductor. </DL>
<A NAME="electropolish">
<B>electropolish, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to polish (metal) by means of electrolysis. <BR> <I>Ex. As many as 900 components can be formed in an inch-diameter slice of electropolished silicon 0.01 in. thick (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electropolishing">
<B>electropolishing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the polishing of metals by means of electrolysis, often used on curved parts which cannot be polished mechanically. </DL>
<A NAME="electropositive">
<B>electropositive, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>charged with positive electricity. <DD><B> 2. </B>tending to pass to the negative pole (cathode) in electrolysis. <DD><B> 3. </B>tending to lose electrons; metallic; basic. <DD><I>noun </I> an electropositive substance. </DL>
<A NAME="electropositivity">
<B>electropositivity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being electropositive. </DL>
<B>electrorefine, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fined,</B> <B>-fining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to refine (metal) by means of electrolysis. <BR> <I>Ex. The Interior Department reported progress in its search for commercially practical methods of electrorefining high-grade titanium from ... titanium scrap (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="electroretinogram">
<B>electroretinogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a chart of the electrical reaction of the retina to light, used to diagnose ailments of the eye. (Abbr:) ERG (no periods). </DL>
<A NAME="electroretinography">
<B>electroretinography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the method of recording the electrical reaction of the retina to light. </DL>