evoked potential

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   the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus

   “he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram”

   Broaderelectric potential

Questions about evoked potential

What does evoked potential mean?

evoked potential means "the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus".

Is evoked potential a common word?

evoked potential is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.