What does "action potential" mean?

A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber.

What is a synonym for "action potential"?

Common synonyms include: nerve impulse, spikes.

noun

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Noun

1
A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber.
"Even some single-celled organisms have action potentials."
2
the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted wordnet

"Even some single-celled organisms have action potentials."