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polarization medical definition
noun
- The production or condition of polarity.
- A process or state in which rays of light exhibit different properties in different directions, especially the state in which all the vibration takes place in one plane.
- The partial or complete polar separation of positive and negative electric charge in a nuclear, atomic, molecular, or chemical system.
- The coating of an electrode with a thick layer of hydrogen bubbles, with the result that the flow of current is weakened or arrested.
- The development of differences in potential between two points in living tissues, as between the inside and outside of the cell wall.
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