Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect

noun

The phenomenon in which the viscosity of blood changes with the diameter of the tube it travels through, when the diameter is between 10 and 300 micrometers.

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Meanings

nounFåhræus-Lindqvist effect (plural Fåhræus-Lindqvist effects)

plural Fåhræus-Lindqvist effects

  1. medicineThe phenomenon in which the viscosity of blood changes with the diameter of the tube it travels through, when the diameter is between 10 and 300 micrometers.

Origin

Named after Swedish scientists Robin Fåhræus and Johan Torsten Lindqvist who first reported the effect.

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APA

Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/F%C3%A5hr%C3%A6us-Lindqvist%20effect

MLA

“Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/F%C3%A5hr%C3%A6us-Lindqvist%20effect. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/F%C3%A5hr%C3%A6us-Lindqvist%20effect.

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