- catacrotic pulse
- a pulse in which the descending limb of the tracing has a notch.
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catacrotic pulse
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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
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Catacrotism — Catacrotic Cat a*crot ic, a. [Cata + Gr. ? a beating.] (Physiol.) Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
