释义 |
thermode|ˈθɜːməʊd| [f. thermo-, after electrode.] An object that is introduced into a medium, esp. living tissue, as a means by which heat may enter or leave it.
1938Yale Jrnl. Biol. & Med. X. 573 A simple coagulator was used, the one inconvenience of which was that only the heating surface, the ‘thermode’ proper, could be sterilized. 1951Jrnl. Neurophysiol. XIV. 424 A metal thermode..was applied on the tongue and kept there at constant pressure during the total experiment. 1967New Scientist 16 Mar. 553/1 About 10 cu. cm of clean mercury is placed in a Perspex boat with mild steel ‘thermodes’ at either end, one electrically heated, the other water-cooled. 1975Nature 1 May 72/1 Unilateral water-perfused thermodes with thermistors fixed to the tips were placed stereotaxically into the POA [sc. preoptic area]. 1978Sci. Amer. Aug. 91/1 In classic experiments conducted by Henry G. Barbour in 1912 silver thermodes were implanted in the hypothalamus. |