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

cataclinal
cataclysm
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysmically
cataclysmist
cataclysmists
cataclysms
catacomb
catacombs
catacorner
catacoustic
catacoustics
catacrotic
catacrotic pulse
catacrotism (current term)
catadicrotic
catadicrotic pulse
catadicrotism
catadidymus
catadioptric
catadioptrics
catadromous
catafalco
catafalcoes
catafalque
catafalques
catagelophobia
catagen
catagenesis

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