tricrotic

American

[trahy-krot-ik] / traɪˈkrɒt ɪk /

adjective

Physiology.

having three arterial beats for one heartbeat, as certain pulses.
pertaining to such a pulse.

tricrotic British

/ ˈtrɪk-, ˈtraɪkrəˌtɪzəm, traɪˈkrɒtɪk /

adjective

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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Tricrotic, trī-krot′ik, adj. having three beats.—n.

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