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 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.

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

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

The second upward rise in the decline is called the recoil, or the dicrotic wave, and is due to the sudden closure of the aortic valves and the recoil of the blood wave.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

We may have a dicrotic, or double, pulse; a thready pulse, which is extremely small and scarcely perceptible; the venous, or jugular, pulse; the "running down" pulse, and so on.

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