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mass effects

mass effects is the plural of mass effect.

Meaning of mass effect

Noun

mass effect (plural mass effects)

  1. The anatomic and physiological effect that an ectopic mass (such as a tumor, hematoma, or pleural effusion) causes by displacing or pushing against eutopic structures. It may squeeze and thus occlude blood vessels or lymphatic vessels; pinch nerves; disrupt gastrointestinal volume and peristalsis; and so on.

Questions about mass effects

What is mass effects the plural of?
Mass effects is the plural of mass effect.

Words near mass effects in the dictionary

  1. mass distribution
  2. mass distributions
  3. mass driver
  4. mass drivers
  5. mass effect
  6. mass effects
  7. mass energies
  8. mass energy
  9. mass extinction
  10. mass extinction event
  11. mass extinction events

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