Bowditch effect

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English

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Etymology

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Named after Henry Pickering Bowditch who first observed the effect in 1871.

Noun

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Bowditch effect (plural Bowditch effects)

  1. (medicine) The autoregulation process by which myocardial tension increases with an increase in heart rate.

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