Look up: rheobase

1. rheobase
   Type: Term Pronunciation: rē′ō-bās Definitions: 1. The minimal strength of an electrical stimulus of indefinite duration that is able to cause excitation of a tissue, muscle or nerve. Synonyms: galvanic threshold
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2. rheobase
   The minimal strength of an electrical stimulus of indefinite duration that is able to cause excitation of a tissue, e.g., muscle or nerve. ... See: chronaxie. ... Synonym: galvanic threshold. ... Origin: rheo-+ G. Basis, a base ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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3. rheobase
   (re´o-bās) the minimal electric current of infinite duration necessary to produce a twitch in a muscle. In a strength-duration curve for muscle stimulation, it is the voltage at which there is no further decrease in threshold when the pulse width or duration is increased.
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4. rheobase
   rheobase, rheobasis, rheobasic The minimal or liminal electric stimulus that will produce a response or that is able to cause excitation of a issue, e.g., muscle or nerve.
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5. rheobase
   minimum value over all stimulus durations of stimulus intensity for eliciting a response
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6. Rheobase
   In neuroscience, `rheobase` is the minimal current amplitude of infinite duration (practically, a few hundred milliseconds) that results in the depolarization threshold of the cell membranes being reached (i.e. an action potential or the contraction of a muscle). In the case of a nerve or single mus...
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