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What does polyphasic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word polyphasic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having multiple coexisting phases
  2. Having multiple successive peaks of activity
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Examples
Plasma concentrations of caspofungin decline in a polyphasic manner following single 1-hour IV infusions.
Isolates underwent polyphasic analyses employing phenotypic and genotypic assays to determine species identification.
Electromyography showed low amplitude, short duration, polyphasic motor unit potentials with full recruitment, suggesting a myopathic pattern.
I thought there must be more effective ways of sleeping and found polyphasic sleeping, which some interpret as sleeping in short, multiple blocks.
The blink reflex was characterized by an initial triphasic wave on the ipsilateral stimulus side, followed by a polyphasic wave on both sides.
Electromyography may show short-duration, small-amplitude, polyphasic motor units with an increased terminal innervation ratio.

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