Stokes law
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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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Stokes law
(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 law
(stōks) [William Stokes, Irish physician, 1804–1878]
A law stating that a muscle lying above an inflamed serous or mucous membrane may be paralyzed.
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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.
Stokes,
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
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