Definition of Electrogenic

1. a. Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.

Definition of Electrogenic

1. Adjective. pf or pertaining to electrogenesis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Electrogenic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Electrogenic

1. Refers to a substance that contributes to an electrical potential across a membrane. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrogenic

electroforms
electrofugal
electrofugality
electrofuge
electrofuges
electrofulguration
electrofused
electrofusion
electrogastrogram
electrogastrograph
electrogastrography
electrogene
electrogenerated
electrogeneses
electrogenesis
electrogenic (current term)
electrogenic pump
electrogeny
electrogilding
electrogilt
electroglottograph
electroglottographic
electroglottographs
electroglottography
electrogram
electrograms
electrograph
electrographic seizure
electrographite
electrographs

Literary usage of Electrogenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1849)
"In the former section of this paper I gave an account of the electrogenic condition of the nervous system, in its simplest forms, viz., as induced in the ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1849)
"On the electrogenic Condition of the Spinal Marrow, and of the Incident Spinal Nerves. In the former section of this paper I gave an account of the ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1848)
"The effect of this electrogenic state on the incident nerves is seen in varied ... Tne electrogenic condition of the spinal marrow itself is the type of the ..."

4. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"The driving force both for the electrically neutral sodium chloride absorption in villus tip cells and for the electrogenic chloride secretion in crypts may ..."

5. The Treatment of Diseases of the Nervous System: A Manual for Practitioners by Joseph Collins (1900)
"The internal resistance offered by the cell or other electrogenic agent may be considered ... The force that is generated by a battery or other electrogenic ..."

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