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hyperpolarize

American

[hahy-per-poh-luh-rahyz] / ˌhaɪ pərˈpoʊ ləˌraɪz /

especially British, hyperpolarise

verb (used with object)

hyperpolarized, hyperpolarizing

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

verb (used without object)

hyperpolarized, hyperpolarizing

to undergo such an increase.

Other Word Forms

hyperpolarization noun

Etymology

Origin of hyperpolarize

First recorded in 1945–50; hyper- + polarize

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