"Bowditch effect" meaning in All languages combined

See Bowditch effect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Bowditch effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after Henry Pickering Bowditch who first observed the effect in 1871. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bowditch effect (plural Bowditch effects)
  1. (medicine) The autoregulation process by which myocardial tension increases with an increase in heart rate. Wikipedia link: Henry Pickering Bowditch
    Sense id: en-Bowditch_effect-en-noun-Yzy9usdw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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