English Explanatory Dictionary

Fick principle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A principle used in physiology and medicine, originally applied to measure cardiac output, stating that the total uptake (or release) of a substance by an organ is equal to the product of the blood flow through the organ and the arteriovenous concentration difference of the substance.

Word forms

Fick principle

Etymology

Named after German physician and physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901).

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