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Root effect

Root effect noun: a physiological phenomenon in fish hemoglobin, whereby an increased proton or carbon dioxide concentration (lower pH) lowers hemoglobin's affinity and carrying capacity for oxygen.

Noun

Root effect (plural Root effects)

  1. A physiological phenomenon in fish hemoglobin, whereby an increased proton or carbon dioxide concentration (lower pH) lowers hemoglobin's affinity and carrying capacity for oxygen.

Root effect meaning in Tamil

Root effect in Tamil

அடிநிகழ்வு

Forms of Root effect

pluralRoot effects

Origin of Root effect

Named after its discoverer, R. W. Root.

Questions about Root effect

What does Root effect mean?
Root effect means a physiological phenomenon in fish hemoglobin, whereby an increased proton or carbon dioxide concentration (lower pH) lowers hemoglobin's affinity and carrying capacity for oxygen.
What is Root effect in Tamil?
Root effect in Tamil is அடிநிகழ்வு. See Root effect meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Root effect?
Root effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Root effect?
The plural of Root effect is Root effects.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Root effect (page history and authors); root effect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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