verb
- to restore electrical polarity to a cell membrane or tissue after depolarization
Usage: medical; biology
Examples
- The cardiac muscle cells repolarize after each heartbeat.
- Nerve cells must repolarize before they can fire another signal.
- The medication helps heart tissue repolarize more effectively.
- Scientists studied how quickly the neurons could repolarize.
- When cells fail to repolarize properly, arrhythmias may occur.