English Explanatory Dictionary

Mellanby effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.

Word forms

Mellanby effect

Etymology

Named after British pharmacologist Edward Mellanby, who first observed the phenomenon.

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