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rheotomes

rheotomes is the plural of rheotome.

Meaning of rheotome

Noun

rheotome (plural rheotomes)

  1. Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.
    • By means of the rheotome, the primary current is broken and closed rapidly, so that the induced current seems almost like a continuous one.1884, George Calvin Pitzer, Electricity in medicine and surgery, page 30

Questions about rheotomes

What is rheotomes the plural of?
Rheotomes is the plural of rheotome.

Words near rheotomes in the dictionary

  1. rheotan
  2. rheotaxes
  3. rheotaxic
  4. rheotaxis
  5. rheotome
  6. rheotomes
  7. rheotrauma
  8. rheotrope
  9. rheotropes
  10. rheotrophic
  11. rheotropic

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