Medical Definition of Viscance

1. A measure of the energy dissipation due to a flow in a viscous system. In medicine and physiology, usually a measure of the energy dissipation in the flow of liquids, sols, or gels within cells and tissues, or of fluids (e.g., blood, respiratory gases) in tubes. The viscance is the pressure gradient from one end to the other of the flow path when unit flow occurs. The relationship between viscosity and viscance is of the same nature as that between specific resistance, or resistivity, of a conductor material and the resistance of a particular conductor made from that material. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Viscance

visagist
visagists
visaing
visaless
visard
visarded
visarding
visards
visarga
visargas
visas
visbreaker
visbreakers
viscacha
viscachas
viscance (current term)
viscera
viscerad
visceral
visceral afferents
visceral anaesthesia
visceral arches
visceral cavity
visceral cleft
visceral crises
visceral disorder
visceral epilepsy
visceral inversion

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