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Definition of Dicrotism
1. n. A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.
Definition of Dicrotism
1. Noun. The condition of each beat of the pulse consisting of two sphygmographic waves ¹
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Definition of Dicrotism
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dicrotism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicrotism
Literary usage of Dicrotism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"dicrotism. In nearly all pulse tracings, the curve of the expansion and recoil
of the artery is broken by two, three, or several smaller elevations and ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1881)
"DESPITE the enormous amount of labour and thought bestowed upon attempts to
explain " pulse dicrotism," much doubt still exists as to the manner of its ..."
3. Heart studies, chiefly clinical by William Ewart (1894)
"A tactile study of dicrotism cannot be included in these pages, the author not
having ... dicrotism " not being bound up with any structural defects, ..."
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