thermistor

n. a device used to measure temperatures according to their effects on the electrical resistance of semiconducting materials. Tiny thermistors can be implanted in neurons of nonhuman animals to measure such data as the energy of metabolic activity during nervous-system functions.

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October 15th 2024

pharmacological antagonism

see antagonist.