Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bayliss effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: baylis-s -ef-fect
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.

Etymology

Discovered by English physiologist William Bayliss (1860–1924).

Inflected Forms

Bayliss effects (plural)

Questions

What does bayliss effect mean?: A special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.
Where does bayliss effect come from?: Discovered by English physiologist William Bayliss (1860–1924).

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