# Mellanby effect

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The phenomenon that the behavioral impairment due to alcohol is less at the same blood alcohol content, when the blood alcohol content is decreasing rather than when it is increasing.

## Etymology
Named after British pharmacologist Edward Mellanby, who first observed the phenomenon.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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