Mellanby effect

English

Etymology

Named after British pharmacologist Edward Mellanby, who first observed the phenomenon.

Noun

Mellanby effect

  1. (uncommon) The phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.

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