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Definition of "repolarization" [repolarization]

  • The restoration of a polarized state across a membrane, as in a muscle fiber following contraction. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "repolarization" in a sentence
  • "After each heartbeat, your heart's electrical system recharges itself in preparation for the next heartbeat, in a process is known as repolarization."
  • "Background Early repolarization, which is characterized by an elevation of the QRS-ST junction (J point) in leads other than V1 through V3 on 12-lead electrocardiography, has been associated with vulnerability to ventricular fibrillation, but little is known about the prognostic significance of this pattern in the general population."
  • ""In some ways, that kind of repolarization has to happen in the U.S. - where the social base of the Democrats simply abandon them, and re-congeal in a number of other movements, which in turn need to be unified around a revolutionary program of transitional demands in the midst of a profound social crisis."