"action potential" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: action potentials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} action potential (plural action potentials)
  1. (physiology) A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber. Wikipedia link: action potential Categories (topical): Physiology Translations (electrical potential): 動作電位 (Chinese Mandarin), 动作电位 (dòngzuò diànwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), akční potenciál [masculine] (Czech), toimintapotentiaali (Finnish), Aktionspotential [neuter] (German), δυναμικό ενέργειας (dynamikó enérgeias) [neuter] (Greek), akciós potenciál (Hungarian), 活動電位 (katsudōden'i) (alt: かつどうでんい) (Japanese), erkê kar (Northern Kurdish), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), aktionspotential (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-action_potential-en-noun-fJlojO8n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

Inflected forms

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