mi·cro·e·lec·trode (m  kr - -l k trd)n. A very small electrode, often used to study electrical characteristics of living cells and tissues. |
microelectrode
[mī′krō·ilek′trōd]
an electrode with a very small tip for use in brain studies. The device can be inserted without membrane damage into nervous tissue to record the bioelectrical activity of a simple neuron.
microelectrode,
n an electrode of very fine caliber consisting usually of a fine wire or a glass tube of capillary diameter drawn to a fine point and filled with saline or a metal used in physiologic experiments to stimulate or record action currents of extracellular or intracellular origin.
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