Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition in which there is but one pulse-beat for each contraction of the heart: the opposite of
dicrotism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physiology A condition in which the
pulse curve orsphygmogram shows only a singlecrest , thedicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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