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Mellanby effect

Mellanby effect noun: the phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.

Noun

Mellanby effect

  1. (uncommon) The phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.

Origin of Mellanby effect

Named after British pharmacologist Edward Mellanby, who first observed the phenomenon.

Questions about Mellanby effect

What does Mellanby effect mean?
Mellanby effect means the phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.
What part of speech is Mellanby effect?
Mellanby effect is a noun.

Words near Mellanby effect in the dictionary

  1. Mella
  2. Mellado
  3. Mellados
  4. mellaginous
  5. Mellanby
  6. Mellanby effect
  7. Mellanbys
  8. Mellarose
  9. mellasses
  10. mellate
  11. mellates

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