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optostimulation

optostimulation noun: optical stimulation.

Noun

optostimulation (countable and uncountable, plural optostimulations)

  1. optical stimulation
    • With step current injections, the IPSPs elicited by optostimulation of dmLC neurons changed their amplitudes gradually.2016 January 20, “Identification of a Group of GABAergic Neurons in the Dorsomedial Area of the Locus Coeruleus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of optostimulation

pluraloptostimulations

Origin of optostimulation

From opto- + stimulation.

Questions about optostimulation

What does optostimulation mean?
Optostimulation means optical stimulation.
What part of speech is optostimulation?
Optostimulation is a noun.
What is the plural of optostimulation?
The plural of optostimulation is optostimulations.

Words near optostimulation in the dictionary

  1. optoporations
  2. optosensing
  3. optospectroscopic
  4. optospintronic
  5. optospintronics
  6. optostimulation
  7. optostimulations
  8. optotag
  9. optotagged
  10. optotagging
  11. optothermal

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