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Windkessel

Windkessel noun: a model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.

Noun

Windkessel (plural Windkessels)

  1. A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.

Forms of Windkessel

pluralWindkessels

Origin of Windkessel

From German Windkessel.

Words formed from Windkessel

  • Windkessel effect

Questions about Windkessel

What does Windkessel mean?
Windkessel means a model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.
What part of speech is Windkessel?
Windkessel is a noun.
What is the plural of Windkessel?
The plural of Windkessel is Windkessels.

Words near Windkessel in the dictionary

  1. windjammers
  2. windjamming
  3. windjams
  4. windkanter
  5. windkanters
  6. Windkessel
  7. Windkessels
  8. windlace
  9. windlaces
  10. windlashed
  11. windlass

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