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Fick principle

Fick principle proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Fick principle

  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.
    • The rate of blood flow in the peripheral and pulmonic vessels and the approximate size of existing shunts can be calculated by application of the Fick principle. […] It may be of interest to explain in some detail the Fick principle as employed in calculation of cardiac output, pulmonic blood flow...1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3...

Origin of Fick principle

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

Questions about Fick principle

What does Fick principle mean?
Fick principle means 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.
What part of speech is Fick principle?
Fick principle is a proper noun.

Words near Fick principle in the dictionary

  1. ficids
  2. ficiform
  3. ficin
  4. FICINT
  5. Fick
  6. Fick principle
  7. Ficke
  8. Fickel
  9. Fickell
  10. Fickels
  11. Ficken

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