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English
Etymology
From elasto- + viscosity.
Noun
elastoviscosity (countable and uncountable, plural elastoviscosities)
- Quality or degree of being elastoviscous.
2015 August 25, “The Effect of Tear Supplementation on Ocular Surface Sensations during the Interblink Interval in Patients with Dry Eye”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:In the case of mechanical stimuli, the tear film is expected to act as a limited filter for mechanical forces and an increase in its thickness and/or elastoviscosity would decrease the transmission of force to the nerve endings so that the same stimulus would be less intensely felt.