Medical Definition of Catacrotism

1. A condition of the pulse in which there are one or more secondary expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing. Origin: cata-+ G. Krotos, beat (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catacrotism

catachresis
catachrestic
catachrestical
catachronobiology
cataclinal
cataclysm
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysmically
cataclysms
catacomb
catacombs
catacorner
catacrotic
catacrotic pulse
catacrotism (current term)
catadicrotic
catadicrotic pulse
catadicrotism
catadidymus
catadioptric
catadioptric
catadromous
catafalque
catafalques
Cataflam
catagen
catagenesis
Catalan
catalase

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