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electroplaque, n. Biol.|ɪˈlɛktrəʊplɑːk| [f. electro- + plaque n.] An electrocyte, esp. one of flattened shape.
1954Jrnl. Gen. Physiol. XXXVII. 106 Noteworthy is the difference between the responses to paired direct stimulation of the electroplaques and to paired stimulation of one nerve. 1971Nature 19 Feb. 554/2 Each electric organ is composed of about 500 columns of electroplaques, and each column has hundreds of cells. 1974Ibid. 7 June 576/1 Synaptic vesicles isolated from Torpedo electroplaques contain ATP as well as acetylcholine. 1985Sci. Amer. Apr. 45/1 The prism is a stack of thin flat cells called electroplaques, which generate the electric current. |