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UNIPOLAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a single pole
Classified under:
Antonym:
bipolar (having two poles)
Context examples:
A unipolar chest lead at which the electrode is placed over the dorsal spinous process of 7th thoracic vertebra.
(Lead Site V10, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of gram-negative helical, curved, or straight microaerophilic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple sheathed flagella (unipolar or bipolar and lateral) with terminal bulbs.
(Helicobacter, NCI Thesaurus)
An augmented unipolar electrocardiogram limb lead in which the positive (black) electrode is situated on the left thoracic limb and the negative electrode is a combination of the right thoracic limb (white) electrode and the left pelvic limb (red) electrode.
(Augmented Vector Left, NCI Thesaurus)
An augmented unipolar electrocardiogram limb lead in which the positive (white) electrode is situated on the right thoracic limb and the negative electrode is a combination of the left thoracic limb (black) electrode and the left pelvic limb (red) electrode.
(Augmented Vector Right, NCI Thesaurus)
An augmented unipolar electrocardiogram limb lead in which the positive (red) electrode is situated on the left pelvic limb and the negative electrode is a combination of the right thoracic limb (white) electrode and the left thoracic limb (black) electrode.
(Augmented Vector Foot, NCI Thesaurus)
