elastoviscosity

English

Etymology

elasto- +‎ viscosity

Noun

elastoviscosity (countable and uncountable, plural elastoviscosities)

  1. Quality or degree of being elastoviscous.
    • 2015 August 25, “The Effect of Tear Supplementation on Ocular Surface Sensations during the Interblink Interval in Patients with Dry Eye”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135629:
      In the case of mechanical stimuli, the tear film is expected to act as a limited filter for mechanical forces and an increase in its thickness and/or elastoviscosity would decrease the transmission of force to the nerve endings so that the same stimulus would be less intensely felt.
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