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Dicrotism

Di′cro-tism

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Noun.
(Physiol.)
A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.

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dicrotism

dicrotism

English

Noun

dicrotism (countable and uncountable, plural dicrotisms)

  1. The condition of each beat of the pulse consisting of two sphygmographic waves.