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

As ventricular pressure drops, there is a tendency for blood to flow back into the atria from the major arteries, producing the dicrotic notch in the ECG and closing the two semilunar valves.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

A pulse tracing shows that the normal impulse and dicrotic waves are lost, and that the force and rapidity of the tidal wave are diminished.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

By dicrotic pulse is meant that kind of pulsation which makes each beat seem double, and therefore it is generally called the double pulse.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

He slept well the following night and midday there was little change, except that the pupils acted to light, and the pulse had risen to 88, becoming dicrotic and small.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry