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hyperpolarize

especially British, ····

[hahy-per-poh-luh-rahyz]

verb (used with object)

hyperpolarized, hyperpolarizing 

  1. to increase the difference in electric potential across (a cell membrane).

verb (used without object)

hyperpolarized, hyperpolarizing 

  1. to undergo such an increase.

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Other Word Forms

  • hyperpolarization noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hyperpolarize1

First recorded in 1945–50; hyper- + polarize

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