Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having three waves or elevations to one beat of the pulse.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having three beats: used with reference to the normal pulse-tracing.

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

  • adjective (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective physiology Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Greek trikrotos, having a triple beat : tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + krotein, to beat.]

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