electrolysis

Meaning

Noun

the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.
The destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current.

Origin

for Michael Faraday. From electro- + -lysis. Originally of tumors, later (1909) of hair removal.

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