water-hammer pulse — noun see corrigan pulse … Useful english dictionary
Watson's water hammer pulse — is the medical sign which describes a pulse that is bounding and forceful,[1] or, in other words, rapidly increasing and subsequently collapsing,[2] as if it were the hitting of a water hammer that was causing the pulse. This is associated with… … Wikipedia
Water hammer — (or, more generally, fluid hammer) is a pressure surge or wave resulting when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction suddenly (Momentum Change). Water hammer commonly occurs when a valve is closed suddenly at an end of a pipeline … Wikipedia
water-hammer — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: water hammer of water : to strike with a hammering sound against the walls of a sealed containing vessel from which the air has been removed II. adjective Etymology: water hammer … Useful english dictionary
Pulse, water-hammer — A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. This type of pulse is also called a Corrigan pulse after the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan (1802 80) who described this finding in patients with aortic regurgitation caused by a leaky… … Medical dictionary
Pulse, Corrigan — A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. This is named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan (1802 80) who described it in patients with aortic regurgitation, a condition caused by a leaky aortic value in the heart. The left… … Medical dictionary
Pulse — The rhythmic dilation of an artery resulting from beating of the heart. It is often measured by feeling the arteries of the wrist. * * * Rhythmic dilation of an artery, produced by the increased volume of blood thrown into the vessel by the… … Medical dictionary
Corrigan pulse — A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. This pulse is named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan (1802 80) who described it in patients with aortic regurgitation, a condition caused by a leaky aortic value in the heart. The… … Medical dictionary
Blood hammer — The Blood hammer phenomenon is a sudden increase of the upstream blood pressure in a blood vessel (especially artery or arteriole) when the bloodstream is abruptly blocked by vessel obstruction. The term blood hammer was introduced in cerebral… … Wikipedia
Hammer's Slammers — is both the title of a 1979 collection of military science fiction short stories by author David Drake (and, by extension, of the fictional universe in which these and a number of Drake s other stories and novels are set) and the career of a… … Wikipedia
