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electrophysiology, electrophysiological, electrophysiologic
1. The branch of medicine or biology dealing with the study of electric activity in human or animal bodies.
2. A branch of physiology that studies the relationship between electric phenomena and bodily processes.
3. The study of the electrical properties of living tissue.
4. The electric activity associated with a bodily part or function; such as, the effects of electrical stimulation on tissues, the production of electric currents by organs and tissues, and the therapeutic use of electric currents.
5. A branch of physiology concerned with determining the basic mechanisms by which electric currents are generated within living organisms.
6. The physiological production of electric phenomena in the normal human body.
Word Entries containing the term: “electrophysiologic
electrophysiologic study, EPS
An invasive electrodiagnostic or manometrc procedure that uses electrode catheters to pace the heart and potentially induce arrhythmias.

The test identifies defects in the heart conduction system and arrhythmias which are otherwise not apparent. It also is used to analyze the effectiveness of antiarrhythimic drugs.

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