Definition of Dicrotisms

1. dicrotism [n] - See also: dicrotism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicrotisms

dicotyls
dicoumarin
dicoumarins
dicoumarol
dicoumarols
dicrocoeliasis
dicrocoeliidae
dicrocoeliosis
dicrocoelium
dicrotal
dicrotic
dicrotic notch
dicrotic pulse
dicrotic wave
dicrotism
dicrotisms (current term)
dicrotophos
dict
dicta
dicta-
dictamen
dictamens
dictamnus
dictamnuses
dictaphone
dictaphones
dictate
dictated
dictated but not read
dictates

Literary usage of Dicrotisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1906)
"... influence of the fall in pressure the dicrotisms of the pulse disappears. Ortner also lays great stress upon the condition of the second aortic tone, ..."

2. Clinical Symptomatology by Alois Pick, Adolf Franz Hecht (1911)
"However, if we are skilled in taking the pulse we may detect dicrotisms on palpation only. To understand this phenomenon we must remember that the dicrotic ..."

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