See Also: prepotential(medicine)

jipijapa (iou) and prepotential (medicine)


jipijapa (iou)



jipijapa noun. M19.
[Jipijapa, a town in Ecuador.]
An almost stemless palmlike plant, Carludovica palmata (family Cyclanthaceae), native to tropical America; the fibre produced from its leaves. Also called Panama hat palm, Panama hat plant. M19.
In full jipijapa hat. A Panama hat. L19.

prepotential (medicine)


prepotential


A gradual rise in potential between action potentials as a phasic swing in electric activity of the cell membrane, which establishes its rate of automatic activity, as in the ureter or cardiac pacemaker.