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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