Definitions
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- adjective (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to electrogenesis.
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- adjective pf or pertaining to
electrogenesis
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Examples
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Each electrogenic cell carries a negative charge of a little less than 100 millivolts on its outside compared to its inside.
Just Shocking! 2008
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It is an electrogenic fish, generating a weak electric field that is apparently used in navigation, sensing its surroundings, and in communication (the fish use eletrical pulses to send signals to other elephantnoses).
Dinosauroids revisited Darren Naish 2006
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The work showed that "any convenient electrogenic protein can be used for regenerative medicine approaches, not just the ones that are natively expressed in the host," Levin says.
Next Big Future 2010
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Pilus Energy - Harnesses genetically enhanced bacteria in scalable electrogenic bioreactor and harvests the electricity and biogases from their metabolism of organics like those found in wastewater.
TechCrunch Lora Kolodny 2010
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Larval motor neurons had a long-lasting, sodium-dependent afterhyperpolarization (AHP) following bursts of action potentials that was mediated by the electrogenic activity of Na
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One of the main projects proposed at the Ghana meeting would use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and boil water to drive electrogenic turbines.
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