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