dicrotic

American  

[dahy-krot-ik] / daɪˈkrɒt ɪk /

adjective

Physiology.

1. having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.

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dicrotic British  

/ ˈdaɪkrətəl, daɪˈkrɒtɪk, ˈdaɪkrəˌtɪzəm /

adjective

1. physiol having or relating to a double pulse for each heartbeat

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Other Word Forms

• dicrotism noun
• hyperdicrotic adjective
• hyperdicrotism noun
• predicrotic adjective

Etymology

Origin of dicrotic

1700–10; < Greek díkrot ( os ) double beating ( di- di- ¹ + krótos a clapping, rattling noise) + -ic

Example Sentences

During the crisis, and for a day or two thereafter, the pulse may be weak, compressible, and dicrotic, and occasionally irregular.

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It is not so often dicrotic as in typhoid fever.

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Dicrotic, dī-krot′ik, adj. double-beating—also Dī′crotous.—n.

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The pulse of high tension has a gradual rise, a more or less rounded apex, and the dicrotic wave is slightly marked and occurs about half-way down on the descending limb.

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The general form of a low tension pulse is a sharp upstroke, a pointed summit, and a secondary wave on the base line, which corresponds to the dicrotic wave.

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