dicrotic
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dicrotism noun
- hyperdicrotic adjective
- hyperdicrotism noun
- predicrotic adjective
Etymology
Origin of dicrotic
1700–10; < Greek díkrot ( os ) double beating ( di- di- 1 + krótos a clapping, rattling noise) + -ic
Example Sentences
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As ventricular pressure drops, there is a tendency for blood to flow back into the atria from the major arteries, producing the dicrotic notch in the ECG and closing the two semilunar valves.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
We may have a dicrotic, or double, pulse; a thready pulse, which is extremely small and scarcely perceptible; the venous, or jugular, pulse; the "running down" pulse, and so on.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The pulse of high tension has a gradual rise, a more or less rounded apex, and the dicrotic wave is slightly marked and occurs about half-way down on the descending limb.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
By dicrotic pulse is meant that kind of pulsation which makes each beat seem double, and therefore it is generally called the double pulse.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The general form of a low tension pulse is a sharp upstroke, a pointed summit, and a secondary wave on the base line, which corresponds to the dicrotic wave.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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