See Also: ascending current(medicine)
ascending(dictionary)
ASCENDING(medicine)
ascending branch(medicine)
ascending cholangitis(medicine)
ascending colon(medicine)
Ascending pathway(health)
ascending myelitis(medicine)
ascending neuritis(medicine)
ascending paralysis(medicine)

dehydrogenate (iou) and ascending current (medicine)


dehydrogenate (iou)



dehydrogenate verb trans. M19.
[from DE- 3 + HYDROGEN + -ATE3.]
Chemistry. Remove one or more hydrogen atoms from (a compound).
dehydroge'nation noun M19.

ascending current (medicine)


ascending current


The direction of current flow in a nerve when the anode is placed peripheral to the cathode, in contrast to descending current; the convention used is that current flows from positive to negative.

Synonym: centripetal current.