- catacrotic limb
- descending l. (def. 2).
Medical dictionary. 2011.
catacrotic limb
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catacrotic — Denoting a pulse tracing in which the downstroke is interrupted by one or more upward waves. * * * cata·crot·ic .kat ə krät ik adj relating to, being, or characterized by a pulse tracing in which the descending part of the curve is marked by… … Medical dictionary
catacrotic pulse — a pulse in which the descending limb of the tracing has a notch … Medical dictionary
descending limb — 1. the proximal part of the loop of Henle (see ansa nephroni [TA]). 2. the descending portion of a tracing of the pulse wave obtained by the manometer or the sphygmograph. Called also catacrotic l … Medical dictionary
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