depolarize

depolarize
To deprive of polarity.

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de·po·lar·ize or Brit de·po·lar·ise (')dē-'pō-lə-.rīz vt, -ized or Brit -ised; -iz·ing or Brit -is·ing to subject (as a plasma membrane) to depolarization
de·po·lar·iz·er or Brit de·po·lar·is·er -.rī-zər n

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de·po·lar·ize (de-poґlər-īz) to reduce toward a nonpolarized condition; to deprive of polarity. See depolarization.

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