- Predicrotic
- Predicrotic Pre`di*crot"ic, a. (Physiol.)
A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse
curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the
dicrotic wave.
[1913 Webster]
The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high. --Landois & Stirling. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.