DEPOLARIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depolarize mean? 

• DEPOLARIZE (verb)
  The verb DEPOLARIZE has 1 sense:

1. eliminate the polarization of

  Familiarity information: DEPOLARIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPOLARIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they depolarize    ... he / she / it depolarizes   
Past simple: depolarized   
Past participle: depolarized   
-ing form: depolarizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eliminate the polarization of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

depolarise; depolarize

Hypernyms (to "depolarize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

depolarization (a loss of polarity or polarization)

 Context examples 

The QRS interval is defined as the time from the beginning of the QRS complex to the end of the QRS complex, representing the time it takes for the ventricles to depolarize.

(Mean QRS Duration, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of the current of atrial contraction when they are depolarized.

(P Wave, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant of the benzylisoquinolinium class.

(Cisatracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Not dependent on kidney function for elimination, it provides clinical advantages over other non-depolarizing, neuromuscular blocking agents.

(Atracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

The QT interval is defined as the time from the beginning of the QRS complex to the end of the T wave, representing the time it takes for the ventricles to depolarize and subsequently repolarize.

(Maximum QT Duration, NCI Thesaurus)

Odorant molecules bind to a receptor protein (R) coupled to an olfactory specific Gs-protein (G) and activate a type III adenylyl cyclase (AC), increasing intracellular cAMP levels. cAMP targets an olfactory-specific cyclic-nucleotide gated ion channel (CNG), allowing cations, particularly Na and Ca, to flow down their electrochemical gradients into the cell, depolarizing the ORN.

(Olfactory Transduction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A synthetic dibenzensulfonate derivative muscle relaxant, Atracurium Besylate acts as a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, with short to intermediary duration of action and no significant cardiovascular effects.

(Atracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)