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Definition of depolarisation in English English dictionary
- {i} act of removing polarity; loss of polarity (also depolarization)
- alternative spelling of "depolarization"
- a loss of polarity or polarization
- depolarization
- electrical activity spreading through the heart, causing it to contract or beat
- depolarization
- the movement of ions across a cell membrane causing the inside of the cell to become more positive; expected to result in contraction
- depolarization
- A decrease in an the polarization of an electrode at a specified current density
- depolarization
- Movement of the membrane potential in the positive direction, from its normal negative level
- depolarization
- The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition
- depolarization
- a loss of polarity or polarization
- depolarization
- {i} act of removing polarity; loss of polarity (also depolarisation)
- depolarization
- Change in membrane potential to a more positive potential See Hyperpolarization
- depolarization
- Change in the resting potential of the nerve cell membrane in the direction of the action potential; the inside of the membrane becomes more positive See also action potential, resting potential
- depolarization
- the process of making the interior of a cell more positively-charged with respect to the exterior of a cell