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Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect
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English
Etymology
Named after Swedish scientists Robin Fåhræus and Johan Torsten Lindqvist who first reported the effect.
Noun
sv Fåhræus-sv Lindqvist effect
en physiology 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.
See also
Fåhræus effect
Further reading
en eponyms
en Blood