Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preceding the dicrotic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.
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- adjective biology Being, or relating to, the
pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulsecurve orsphygmogram , between theapex of the curve and thedicrotic wave.
Etymologies
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pre- + dicrotic
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