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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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