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tricrotic definition

tri·crotic (trī krät′ik)

adjective

Physiol. designating or of a pulse having three separate rhythmic waves to each beat

Etymology: < Gr trikrotos, (rowed) with triple stroke < tri-, tri- + krotein, to beat (< IE *kret-, to strike > OE hrindan, to push) + -ic

Related Forms:

  • tricrotism tri′·cro·tism′ (trī′krə tiz′əm) noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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