afterpotential
The English word “afterpotential” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.
Etymology
From after- + potential.
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