Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
depolarization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loss of polarity or polarization
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Examples
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Talks on such subjects should be very infrequent, but I believe that, if "depolarisation" is to be achieved, they must be repeated every now and then during later childhood and in adolescence.
The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron
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To achieve "depolarisation," there is nothing more efficacious than the frankness and explicitness of scientific statement, however elementary.
The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron
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Additionally, they said the breakdown of aspartame causes nerves to fire excessively, which can indirectly lead to a high rate of neuron depolarisation.
Review raises questions over aspartame and brain health 2008
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, and submit such words to a process of depolarisation, which brings out their real meaning.
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The mechanism of action of the drug is depolarisation of the cell membrane and destruction of the cell wall.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yanmin Hu et al. 2010
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The mechanism of action of the drug is depolarisation of the cell membrane and destruction of the cell wall.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yanmin Hu et al. 2010
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For example, the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of Na+ and K+ ions is significant in neurones, as they play a vital role in the establishment of resting potentials, and for depolarisation and subsequent repolarisation.
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The wave of depolarisation is directed inferiorly and towards the left, and thus the P wave tends to be upright in leads I and II and inverted in lead aVR.
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Bifid P waves result from slight asynchrony between right and left atrial depolarisation.
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For example, the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of Na+ and K+ ions is significant in neurones, as they play a vital role in the establishment of resting potentials, and for depolarisation and subsequent repolarisation.
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