- bradysphygmia
- Slowness of the pulse; can occur without bradycardia, as in ventricular bigeminy when every alternate beat may fail to produce a peripheral pulse. [brady- + G. sphygmos, pulse]
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brady·sphyg·mia (brad″e-sfigґme-ə) [brady- + sphygm- + -ia] abnormal slowness of the pulse, usually linked to bradycardia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.