Stokes law

(stōks),

1. a muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis;

2. a relationship of the rate of fall of a small sphere in a viscous fluid; applicable to centrifugation of macromolecules;

3. the wavelength of light emitted by a fluorescent material is longer than that of the radiation used to excite the fluorescence.

[William Stokes]

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(stōks law)

1. A muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis.

2. A relationship of the rate of fall of a small sphere in a viscous fluid; applicable to centrifugation of macromolecules.

3. The wavelength of light emitted by a fluorescent material is longer than that of the radiation used to excite the fluorescence.

[William Stokes]

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Stokes,

Sir George Gabriel, English physicist and mathematician, 1819-1903.

stoke - unit of kinematic viscosity.

Stokes law - relationship of the rate of fall of a small sphere in a viscous fluid.

Stokes lens - used to diagnose astigmatism.

William, Irish physician, 1804-1878.

Adams-Stokes disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndrome

Adams-Stokes syncope - see under Adams, Robert

Adams-Stokes syndrome - see under Adams, Robert

Cheyne-Stokes breathing - Synonym(s): Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Cheyne-Stokes psychosis - see under Cheyne

Cheyne-Stokes respiration - see under Cheyne

Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndrome

Stokes law - a muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis.

Stokes-Adams disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndrome

Stokes-Adams syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndrome