(geology) The appearance of lower sedimentation rates in stratigraphic sections covering greater amounts of time, as a result of the relative rarity of geologic events that remove large amounts of sediment.

(US) The idea that increased scrutiny of police following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has led to an increased crime rate (or sometimes murder rate) in major US cities.

plural of Marangoni effect

(medicine) An unpleasant hypersensitivity to alcohol caused by various medications, including disulfiram.

(psychology) The tendency of people to modify their choices depending on how the choices are presented

plural of framing effect

The fact that hemoglobin's oxygen binding affinity is inversely related both to acidity and to the concentration of carbon dioxide.

The tendency of root tips to adhere to glass surfaces, believed to involve electric potentials.

(physiology) A special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.

plural of spillover effect