unipolar
Americanadjective
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Physics. Also having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
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Anatomy. of or relating to a nerve cell in spinal and cranial ganglia in which the incoming and outgoing processes fuse outside the cell body.
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of, concerned with, or having a single magnetic or electric pole
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(of a nerve cell) having a single process
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(of a transistor) utilizing charge carriers of one polarity only, as in a field-effect transistor
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(of nervous depression) occurring without accompanying bouts of mania
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dominated by one superpower, esp the United States See bipolar
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Unipolar neurons have only one structure that extends away from the soma.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Unipolar cells are exclusively sensory neurons and have two unique characteristics.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Figure 12.9 Neuron Classification by Shape Unipolar cells have one process that includes both the axon and dendrite.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Unipolar cells have only one process emerging from the cell.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Unipolar spots are very seldom observed without some indication of the characteristics of bipolar groups.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
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