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dayan (iou) and maximum velocity (medicine)


dayan (iou)



dayan noun. , -s. L19.
[Hebrew dayyan, from dan to judge.]
A religious judge in a Jewish community.

maximum velocity (medicine)


maximum velocity


The maximum rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction that can be achieved by progressively increasing the substrate concentration at a given enzyme concentration; in cases of substrate inhibition, Vmax is an extrapolated value in the absence of such inhibition; Cf.: Michaelis-Menten equation.

The maximum initial rate of shortening of a myocardial fibre that can be obtained under zero load; used to evaluate the contractility of the fibre.