Bowditch effect

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

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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