Definition of Hyperpolarize

1. Verb. To increase the polarity of something, especially the polarity across a biological membrane. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hyperpolarize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperpolarize

hyperpneas
hyperpneic
hyperpnœa
hyperpnœic
hyperpolarisation
hyperpolarisations
hyperpolarise
hyperpolarised
hyperpolarises
hyperpolarising
hyperpolarizabilities
hyperpolarizability
hyperpolarizable
hyperpolarization
hyperpolarizations
hyperpolarize (current term)
hyperpolarized
hyperpolarizes
hyperpolarizing
hyperpolitical
hyperpolyglot
hyperpolyglots
hyperponesis
hyperpower
hyperpowers
hyperpragia
hyperpraxia
hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia
hyperprivileged

Literary usage of Hyperpolarize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In the presence of higher external concentrations of potassium, isoproterenol does not hyperpolarize vascular smooth muscle (4, 5) or avian slow muscle (4). ..."

2. Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse Research (1991): The Third Triennial Report to edited by MaryLouise Embrey, Christine R. Hartel (1999)
"Gamma- aminobutyric acid is known to hyperpolarize neurons by opening chloride ion channels, thereby inhibiting depolarization caused by excitatory stimuli. ..."

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