- nerve action potential
- (Physiol) Nervenaktionspotential n
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nerve action potential
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action potential — noun Date: 1926 a momentary reversal in electrical potential across a plasma membrane (as of a nerve cell or muscle fiber) that occurs when a cell has been activated by a stimulus … New Collegiate Dictionary
