- catatricrotic pulse
- a pulse in which the descending limb of the tracing has two notches between three small waveforms.
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catatricrotic pulse
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catatricrotic — Denoting a pulse tracing with three minor elevations interrupting the downstroke. * * * cata·tri·crot·ic (kat″ə tri krotґik) on a pulse tracing, having three waveforms on the descending limb; see under pulse … Medical dictionary
tricrotic pulse — a pulse in which the tracing shows three expansions of the artery in one beat. See also anatricrotic p. and catatricrotic p … Medical dictionary
catatricrotism — A condition of the pulse marked by three minor expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing three secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing. [cata + G. tri , three, + krotos, beat] * * * cata·tri·cro·tism… … Medical dictionary
tricrotic — Thrice beating; marked by three waves in the arterial pulse tracing. SYN: tricrotous. [tri + G. krotos, a beat] * * * tri·crot·ic (tri krotґik) [Gr. trikrotos rowed with a triple stroke; triple beating] pertaining to or characterized by… … Medical dictionary
