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AHP

AHP is the initialism of afterhyperpolarization.

AHP is the initialism of alkaline hydrogen peroxide.

AHP is the initialism of allied health professional.

Meaning of afterhyperpolarization

Noun

afterhyperpolarization (countable and uncountable, plural afterhyperpolarizations)

  1. The hyperpolarizing phase of a neuron's action potential.
    • In sigma-1 KO animals, a reduced afterhyperpolarization results in a higher firing frequency and a stronger muscle contraction.2015, Timur A. Mavlyutov et al., “Role of the Sigma-1 receptor in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)”, in Journal of pharmacological sciences, volume 127, →DOI

Forms of AHP

pluralAHPs

Questions about AHP

What is AHP the initialism of?
AHP is the initialism of afterhyperpolarization.

Words near AHP in the dictionary

  1. ahoy
  2. ahoy-hoy
  3. ahoyed
  4. ahoying
  5. ahoys
  6. AHP
  7. AHPs
  8. Ahr
  9. Ahre
  10. Ahrendt
  11. Ahrendts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: AHP (page history and authors); afterhyperpolarization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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