Bowditch effect
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Henry Pickering Bowditch who first observed the effect in 1871.
Noun[edit]
Bowditch effect (plural Bowditch effects)
- (medicine) The autoregulation process by which myocardial tension increases with an increase in heart rate.
Further reading[edit]
- Bowditch effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia