English Explanatory Dictionary

Windkessel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.

Word forms

Windkessel Windkessels

Etymology

From German Windkessel.

Derived words

Windkessel effect
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