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
Such a pulse can be easily palpated, and is known as a dicrotic pulse.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
During the crisis, and for a day or two thereafter, the pulse may be weak, compressible, and dicrotic, and occasionally irregular.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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 immediate following second rise not so high as that of the auricular contraction is known as the ventricular wave, and corresponds to the dicrotic wave in the radial.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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