| frank-marriage | A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. Origin: Frank free + marriage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Frank, Otto | <person> German physiologist, 1865-1944. See: Frank-Starling curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Frank-Starling curve | A graph in which cardiac output or stroke volume is plotted against mean atrial or ventricular end-diastolic pressure; with increasing venous return and atrial pressure the output proportionately increases until further increments overload the heart and the output falls. Synonym: Frank-Starling curve. (05 Mar 2000) |