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repolarize

(rē-pō′lə-rīz′)
intr.v. repolar·ized, repolar·izing, repolar·izes
To return to a polarized state; undergo repolarization.
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Therefore, if both parts of the paralumbar musculature are simultaneously and fully depolarized and repolarized, there should be no measurable voltage due to the muscular activity.
The hair cells are repolarized when potassium ions leave these cells through potassium channels and enter the epithelial supporting cells.
Indeed, the Maoist government collapsed in 2009 precisely after its handling of the Nepal Army (formerly Royal Nepal Army) precipitated a major constitutional crisis that has repolarized the Nepali political landscape into an uncertain future.
These, combined with the African National Congress' continuing appeals to black solidarity, have repolarized South Africa along racial lines.
Hence the collision results in a nuclear spin-polarized ground state atom, and the newly excited metastable atom is then repolarized by laser light.
NATO's expansion could result in a repolarized world.
The natural leak of potassium from the high intracellular concentration to the low extracellular concentration contributes to the return of the cell to a resting, repolarized state.
Upon insemination, the plasma membrane of the oocyte rapidly depolarized to +59.4 [+ or -] 2.2 mV (n = 5) and then repolarized to a steady resting potential of-68.0 [+ or -] 3.4 mV (n = 5) at 28.0 [+ or -] 5.2 s (n = 5) after the onset of depolarization (Fig.