English Explanatory Dictionary

Bowditch effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Bowditch effect Bowditch effects

Etymology

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

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