| 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) |
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| frequency curve | A systematic grouping of data into classes or categories according to the frequency of occurrence of each successive value or ranges of such values, resulting in a graph of a frequency distribution. Synonym: frequency curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Friedman curve | A graph on which hours of labour are plotted against cervical dilation in centimeters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| logistic curve | An S-shaped curve which depicts the growth of a population in an area of fixed limits. (05 Mar 2000) |