detubulate en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + tubulate.
Meanings
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To remove or disrupt a tubule (especially the T tubules of the heart).
Formamide-induced osmotic shock has been used to detubulate isolated adult rat ventricular myocytes (i.e., disrupt the surface membrane-T tubule junction).
1999 August 1, Makoto Kawai, “Excitation-contraction coupling in rat ventricular myocytes after formamide-induced detubulation”, in Heart and Circulatory Physiology:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| detubulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| detubulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| detubulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| detubulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |