the production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism
electrogenesis in American English
(iˌlektrəˈdʒenəsɪs)
noun
Physiology
the generation of electricity in living organisms or tissue
Derived forms
electrogenic
adjective
Word origin
[1885–90; electro- + -genesis]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, lineup, retread, roller coaster, sensitizationelectro- is a combining form representing electric or electricity in compound words. Other words that use the affix electro- include: electrocautery, electrolysis, electrooculogram, electrophoresis, electroreceptor
Examples of 'electrogenesis' in a sentence
electrogenesis
Many of these genes control the cell electrogenesis and calcium homeostasis.
Tuomo Mäki-Marttunen, Glenn T. Lines, Andrew G. Edwards, Aslak Tveito, Anders M. Dale,Gaute T. Einevoll, Ole A. Andreassen 2017, 'Pleiotropic effects of schizophrenia-associated genetic variants in neuron firingand cardiac pacemaking revealed by computational modeling', Translational Psychiatryhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41398-017-0007-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Calcium and potassium channels as well as proton pumps are involved in electrogenesis of action impulses in the species.
Kazimierz Trębacz 2014, 'Light-triggered action potentials in plants', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1559. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that both electrogenesis and aquatic plants could facilitate the mineralization of organic nitrogen in sediments.
Peng Xu, En-Rong Xiao, Dan Xu, Yin Zhou, Feng He, Bi-Yun Liu, Lei Zeng, Zhen-Bin Wu 2017, 'Internal nitrogen removal from sediments by the hybrid system of microbial fuel cellsand submerged aquatic plants', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0172757. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)