pulse

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The circulation, therefore, is double, the pulmonary, or lesser, being performed by the right side, and the systemic, or greater, by the left side As the blood is forced through the heart by forcible contractions of its muscular walls, it has the action of a force pump, and gives the impulse at each beat, which we call the pulse--the dilatation of the arteries throughout the system.

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  1. noun The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck.
  2. noun A regular or rhythmical beating.
  3. noun A single beat or throb.
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  • Single it had to caress it and the pulse was accelerated to him. —  New Document
  • Danielle felt that the pulse was accelerated to him. —  New Document
  • The irony in the voice noticed to him, and Danielle felt how the pulse was accelerated to him and that delicious sensation extended until the last corner of its body. —  New Document
  • Hell, his pulse was already rattling from just looking at her. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
  • But the dread lunging through his pulse was about Lexie being left alone all night. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
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wave ·  signal ·  flow ·  output ·  beam ·  surge ·  impulse ·  vibration ·  flash ·  pressure ·  beat ·  radiation

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pulse:   pulses ·  pulsing ·  pulsed
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pulsus, from past participle of pellere, to beat; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English pols, from Old French, from Latin puls, pottage of meal and pulse, probably ultimately from Greek poltos.

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  1. Now accommodation to L. spelling; in Middle English poulce, pause, potts, from Old French pouls, pous, poux, a beat, stroke, pulse, French pouls, pulse, = Provencal pols = Spanish Portuguese pulso = Italian polso = Dutch pols = Middle Low German puls = G. Swedish Danish puls, pulse, from Latin pulsus, a beating, striking, pushing (pulsus venarum, ‘the beating of the veins,’ the pulse), from pellere, past participle pulsus, strike, drive, push. Cf. pulse, v.
  2. from Latin pulsare, beat, strike, push, drive, freq. of pellere, past participle pulsus, beat, strike, push, drive. Cf. push, ult. from Latin pulsare, and see compel, expel, impel, propel, repel, appulse, compulse, expulse, impulse, etc.: see also pulsate, and pulse, n.
  3. from Middle English puls, also pouse, from Old French pouls, pols, pous, from Latin puls (pult-) = Greek πόλτος, pottage of beans, peas, etc., porridge. Cf. poultice.
 

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