| frank | 1. <ethnology> A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France. 2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; a term used in the Levant. 3. A French coin. See Franc. Origin: Cf. F. Franc. See Frank. <zoology> The common heron; so called from its note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |