English Explanatory Dictionary

Bohr effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fact that hemoglobin's oxygen binding affinity is inversely related both to acidity and to the concentration of carbon dioxide.

Word forms

Bohr effect

Etymology

First described in 1904 by the Danish physiologist Christian Bohr.

Related words

Haldane effect
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