multielectrode

adjective

mul·​ti·​elec·​trode ˌməl-tē-i-'lek-ˌtrōd 

-ˌtī-

: involving or containing more than one and often many electrodes

a multielectrode array

To make speech intelligible—and thus restore the full range of lost hearing—a deaf person may need a multielectrode implant that can excite the nerve fibers with varying levels of electricity.

—Stephen Solomon

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above