Bowditch staircase phenomenon
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Bowditch law staircase phenomenon — Bow·ditch law, staircase phenomenon (boґdich) [Henry Pickering Bowditch, American physiologist, 1840–1911] see all or none, under A, and see treppe … Medical dictionary
treppe — A phenomenon in cardiac muscle first observed by H.P. Bowditch; if a number of stimuli of the same intensity are sent into the muscle after a quiescent period, the first few contractions of the series show a successive … Medical dictionary
