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Definition of Acrotism
1. n. Lack or defect of pulsation.
Definition of Acrotism
1. Noun. (medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrotism
1. weakness of the pulse [n -S] : ACROTIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Acrotism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrotism
Literary usage of Acrotism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The study of medicine by John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper (1829)
"... acrotism, or want of pulsa- ... acrotism This species is strikingly exemplified
in the biographical ..."
2. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A fleeted with or showing acrotism. acrotism (ac'ro-ti'zm). [Gr. a priv. pulse.]
Defect of the pulse ; pulselessness. ..."
3. The Hydropathic Encyclopedia: A System of Hydropathy and Hygiene, in Eight by Russell Thacher Trall (1851)
"The affection called acrotism, pulselessness, and by some asphyxia, though
improperly, is a failure or cessation of pulsation ..."
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