DICROTIC

Etymology

Adjective

dicrotic (not comparable)

(pulse) Having a double beat.

(physiology, medicine) Denoting a pulse in which a double beat is detectable for each beat of the heart.

Source: Wiktionary


Di*crot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.) (a) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse. (b) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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