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Unipolar
Uˊni-po′lar
,Adj.
[
Uni-
+ polar
.] 1.
(Physics)
Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
2.
(Anat.)
Having but one pole or process; – applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; – opposed to multipolar.
Unipolar induction
(Elec.)
, induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet.
– Unipolar stimulation
(Physiol.)
, the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; – called also
unipolar induction action
. Du Bois-Reymond.