Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having several beats; having several secondary waves: said of some pulses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism

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  • adjective physiology Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek πολύς (polus, "multiple, many") + κρότος (krotos, "knocking, rattling"), modeled on dicrotic.

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