Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z electrician A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment. electricianship The profession, practice, or skill set of being an electrician. electricidal Describing the killing of bacteria by means of an electric current electricity Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field. electricize To electrify. electrickery Electricity, or the technological advances that it underpins. electricness quality or character of electricity. electrics All the electrical components and wiring of a machine or system. electride An ionic compound in which an electron is the anion. electriferous Producing or transmitting electricity. electrifiability The quality of being electrifiable. electrifiable Capable of being electrified (charged with electricity, by rubbing etc) electrification The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity. electrified Powered by electricity. electrifier Anything that, or anyone who, electrifies or startles. electrify To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity. electrifying That electrifies. electrifyingly In an electrifying manner. electrine Of or pertaining to amber, especially in having the ability to generate static electricity. electrino A hypothetical particle resulting from the breakup of an electron. electriquette An early form of battery-powered motorized wheelchair or slow-speed cart, typically featuring a two-person bench seat enclosed by a wicker or rattan exterior. electrism electricity electrition The ability to determine the electrical condition of an external body. electrix The wife of a German elector, often used as a title. electrizable electrifiable electrization electrification electrize Synonym of electrify electrized Electrically charged. electrizer Someone or something that electrizes; an electrifier electro An electrotype. electroablate To ablate electrically. electroablated removed or destroyed by means of electroablation electroablation electrical ablation of tissue electroabsorption The absorption of photons at a surface by application of an electric charge. electroacoustic Of or pertaining to electroacoustics. electroacoustically By means of electroacoustics. electroacoustics The science of the interaction and interconversion of electric and acoustic phenomena. electroactive describing any material (especially in a cell) that is electrically active or responsive electroactivity Quality or degree of being electroactive. electroacupuncture A form of acupuncture in which a small electric current is passed between the needles electroaerodynamic Relating to electroaerodynamics. electroaerodynamics electrohydrodynamics involving air or another gas as the fluid electroanalgesia A form of analgesia in which pain is reduced by passage of an electric current electroanalysis Any of several electrochemical forms of analysis electroanalytic Of, pertaining to, or obtained using electroanalysis. electroanalytical of, pertaining to, or obtained using electroanalysis electroanalytically By means of electroanalysis electroanatomic electroanatomical electroanatomical Describing anatomical features with respect to their electrical features. electroanesthesia anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation electroanesthetic Relating to electroanesthesia. electroantennogram a display of the electrical activity of the cells of an insect antenna, especially in response to the detection of odour electroantennograph The device used in electroantennography electroantennographic Relating to electroantennography. electroantennographically In terms of or by means of electroantennography. electroantennography The measurement of the electrical activity of the antennas of insects in response to pheromones and other odours electroassisted Describing any reaction or process that is assisted by an electric charge electroauxiliary Any electrophilic compound that assists in a nucleophilic reaction electroaxonography axonography electrobalance An electromagnetic balance that is normally used to weigh material in a vacuum electroballistic Pertaining to electroballistics. electroballistics The process or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity. electrobasograph An instrument used for the recording of (abnormalities of) gait electrobasographic Relating to the electrobasograph. electrobiochemical electrical and biochemical electrobiological of or pertaining to electrobiology electrobiologically In terms of electrobiology. electrobiologist one who studies or works in electrobiology electrobiology The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms. electrobioscopy The detection of life in an animal by studying muscular contractions following the passage of an electric current electroblot To separate by an electroblotting process. electroblotted visualized by means of electroblotting electroblotter A device used for electroblotting. electroblotting A form of electrophoresis in which the separated materials are transferred onto a membrane. electroburning electronic burning electrobus Synonym of electric bus. electrocaloric Describing the effect of an applied electric field on the temperature of some materials electrocalorics The study of electrocaloric effects. electrocapacitive Of or pertaining to electrical capacitance electrocapillarity the effect of electric charge on surface tension electrocapillary of or pertaining to electrocapillarity electrocardiac Relating to the electrical activity of the heart electrocardiogram The recording that an electrocardiograph produces. electrocardiograph A device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities that measures electric potentials on the surface of the body and creates a record (electrocardiogram) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity. electrocardiographer One who performs electrocardiography, especially professionally. electrocardiographic of or pertaining to an electrocardiogram (ECG) or electrocardiograph electrocardiographical Electrocardiographic. electrocardiographically By means of electrocardiography electrocardiography The science and practice of the creation and diagnostic interpretation of electrocardiograms. electrocardiological Relating to electrocardiology electrocardiology The study of the electrical activity of the heart electrocardiometer A device used for electrocardiometry. electrocardiometry The measurement of the heart's electrical activity. electrocardiophone A device that uses electrodes to measure the state of the heart. electrocardiophonogram A recording of the sounds of the heart made using electrocardiophonography electrocardiophonography The electrical recording of the sounds of the heart electrocardioscope A device that displays an electrocardiogram electrocardioscopy cardioscopy by means of an electrocardioscope electrocardioversion Cardioversion by means of electricity (electroshocks or direct current), as opposed to chemically (pharmacologically/medically). electrocardium Synonym of electrocardiogram. electrocatalysis catalysis of a half cell reaction at the surface of an electrode. electrocatalyst Any material, normally employed on the surface or an electrode, that catalyzes a half cell reaction. electrocatalytic of or pertaining to electrocatalysis or an electrocatalyst. electrocatalytically By means of electrocatalysis electrocatalyze To subject to electrocatalysis. electrocauterization the act of electrocauterizing electrocauterize To cauterize with electricity (a surgical technique). electrocauterizer A device used in electrocauterization electrocautery cauterization by the use of an instrument heated by electricity; electrocauterization electrocement Cement produced in an electric furnace by using lime and molten slag. electroception Electroreception. electroceptive Related to electroreception. electroceramic Any of various ceramic materials that have useful electric properties electrocerebral Of or pertaining to the electrical activity of the brain electroceutical An electronic device designed to affect biological systems in such a fashion as to alleviate or mitigate symptomatology and/or pathology. electrocharged Charged with electricity. electrochemic electrochemical electrochemical Of, or relating to a chemical reaction brought about by electricity. electrochemically in an electrochemical manner electrochemiluminescence The emission of light as a result of an electrochemical reaction electrochemiluminescent exhibiting electrochemiluminescence electrochemiluminometric relating to the measurement of electrochemiluminescence electrochemist A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry. electrochemistry The science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode. electrochemogene Describing a combination of electrochemotherapy and gene therapy electrochemogenetherapy electrochemogene therapy electrochemoluminometric Relating to electrochemical luminometry electrochemomechanics An area of the physical chemistry of polymers concerned with the reversible conversion of electrical and chemical energy into mechanical energy. electrochemotherapy A form of chemotherapy in which the permeability of tissue cells is increased by use of an electric pulse electrochlorination chlorination (disinfection) via the production of hypochlorite by passing an electric current through salt water electrochlorinator A device used in electrochlorination electrocholecystectomy The removal of the gall bladder using electrosurgery electrocholecystocausis cauterization of the gall bladder using electrosurgery electrochromatogram A chromatogram produced by electrochromatography electrochromatography a form of chromatography in which the compounds to be separated move under the action of an electric current; electropherography electrochromic Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting electrochromism. electrochromically By means of electrochromism. electrochromicity The quality or condition of being electrochromic. electrochromics The design and manufacture of electrochromic devices electrochromism The ability to change colour when subjected to an electric charge electrochronograph An electromagnetic chronograph electrochronographic Of or pertaining to an electrochronograph electrocide Execution by electrocution, usually on an electric chair. electroclash A music style from the late 1990s fusing dance music, punk and electronic. electroclinic Describing a tilt in the orientation of the molecules of a chiral liquid crystal. electroclinical Describing clinical symptoms that are associated with specific electrical activity in the brain electrocoagulate To cause or to undergo electrocoagulation. electrocoagulated coagulated by electrocoagulation electrocoagulation A form of electrosurgery in which a high-frequency electric current is used to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue. electrocoagulative Relating to electrocoagulation.