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dicrotic definition

di·crotic (dī krät′ik)

adjective

of or having a double pulse beat with each heart beat a dicrotic artery

Etymology: < Gr dikrotos, double-beating (< di-, di- + krotos, rattling noise) + -ic

Related Forms:

  • dicrotism di′·cro·tism′ (-krə tiz′əm) noun

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