In a state where electrical polarity has been removed or reduced, describing a cell or tissue that has lost its resting charge difference.
Past tense/participle of depolarise; combines de- + polarised. Emerged as scientific terminology in the 1800s.
A depolarised neuron is basically 'excited' and ready to pass a message—it's like the difference between a battery at rest and one actively powering a device!
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