pulsus rarus

[ râr′əs ]

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A pulse beat slow to rise and fall.pulsus tardus

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Forte ita incidit, ut eo ipso tempore Hasdrubal pulsus Hispania ad eundem portum appelleret, Syphacis amicitiam pariter petiturus.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
Rarus per vias populus msta plebs; dejecti in terram militum vultus, ac plus tristit quam pnitenti.
Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes|Ludwig Dderlein
Eodem tempore tactu sentitur pulsus Arteriae quasi attrahitur vena cava.
Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood|John G. Curtis
Ita igitur cum aer pulsus fecerit sonum, pellit alium proximum, et quodammodo rotundum fluctum aeris ciet.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

How far it may be "Liber valde quidem rarus," as Vogt intimates, I will not pretend to determine.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness|Thomas Frognall Dibdin