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tricrotic

American  
[trahy-krot-ik] / traɪˈkrɒt ɪk /

adjective

Physiology.

  1. having three arterial beats for one heartbeat, as certain pulses.

  2. pertaining to such a pulse.

tricrotic British  
/ ˈtrɪk-, ˈtraɪkrəˌtɪzəm, traɪˈkrɒtɪk /

adjective

  1. physiol (of the pulse) having a tracing characterized by three elevations with each beat

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Other Word Forms

  • tricrotism noun

Etymology

Origin of tricrotic

1875–80; < Greek tríkrot ( os ) with triple beat ( tri- tri- + krótos beat) + -ic

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