verb
- restores electrical polarity to a cell membrane or tissue after depolarization
Usage: medical; biology
Examples
- The cardiac muscle repolarizes after each contraction.
- When the nerve cell repolarizes, it returns to its resting potential.
- The medication helps the heart tissue repolarize normally.
- After stimulation, the neuron repolarizes within milliseconds.
- The EKG shows how quickly the heart muscle repolarizes.
- Potassium channels open as the cell membrane repolarizes.