Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fåhræus-lindqvist effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fahræus-lindqvist -ef-fect
IPA

47

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon in which the viscosity of blood changes with the diameter of the tube it travels through, when the diameter is between 10 and 300 micrometers.

Etymology

Named after Swedish scientists Robin Fåhræus and Johan Torsten Lindqvist who first reported the effect.

Inflected Forms

Fåhræus-Lindqvist effects (plural)

Phrases

Fåhræus effect

Frequently Paired Words

Fåhræus effect

Questions

What does fåhræus-lindqvist effect mean?: The phenomenon in which the viscosity of blood changes with the diameter of the tube it travels through, when the diameter is between 10 and 300 micrometers.
Where does fåhræus-lindqvist effect come from?: Named after Swedish scientists Robin Fåhræus and Johan Torsten Lindqvist who first reported the effect.

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