- Frank-Starling curve
- Frank-Star·ling curve (frahngkґ stahrґling) [Otto Frank, German physiologist, 1865–1944; Ernest Henry Starling, English physiologist, 1866–1927] see under curve.
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Frank-Starling curve
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