Medical Dictionary
prepotential
noun pre·po·ten·tial \-pə-ˈten-chəl\
Medical Definition of PREPOTENTIAL
: a slow depolarization of a plasma membrane that precedes the action potential <fast prepotentials were seen and appear similar to those recorded in hippocampal pyramidal cells—Science>—compare afterpotential
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