Occupation or Discipline
electrophysiology
e·lec·tro·phys·i·ol·o·gy [ ih-lek-troh-fiz-ee-ol-uh-jee ]
Subclass of:
Physiology;
Biophysics
Definitions related to electrophysiology (science):
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(electrophysiology) Branch of physiology that studies and/or assesses biological functions by measuring the electrical activity generated by those functions; includes cellular, organ, and systemic levels of analysis.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(electrophysiology) That branch of physiology that is concerned with the electric phenomena associated with living bodies and involved in their functional activity.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(electrophysiology) The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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