"rheotome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rheotomes [plural]
Etymology: From rheo- (“flow, current”) + -tome (“cutter”), literally “flow cutter”. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|rheo|tome|t1=flow, current|t2=cutter}} rheo- (“flow, current”) + -tome (“cutter”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rheotome (plural rheotomes)
  1. Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.

Inflected forms

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