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Etymology
Named after Swedish scientists Robin Fåhræus and Johan Torsten Lindqvist} who first reported the effect.
Noun
Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect (plural Fåhræus-Lindqvist effects)
- (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.
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