Also known as: wk.
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Physiology term based on the technical pressure W., A container with a constant volume of air in pressure lines, in which the periodically compressed air expands again when the pressure drops due to the elasticity and converts the discontinuous flow into a continuous one; E.g. all of the arteries of the elastic type which, due to their great elasticity, perform an Windkessel function; the central W. is the aorta, supported by its large branches.
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