dictionary help| Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect | medical dictionary |
The decrease in apparent viscosity that occurs when a suspension, such as blood, is made to flow through a tube of smaller diameter; observed in tubes less than about 0.3 mm in diameter.
Synonyms: sigma effect.
(05 Mar 2000)
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