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mellanby effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
mel-lan-by -ef-fect
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.

Etymology

Named after British pharmacologist Edward Mellanby, who first observed the phenomenon.

Questions

What does mellanby effect mean?
The phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.
Where does mellanby effect come from?
Named after British pharmacologist Edward Mellanby, who first observed the phenomenon.

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