The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
dicrotic — [dī krät′ik] adj. [< Gr dikrotos, double beating (< di , DI 1 + krotos, rattling noise) + IC] of or having a double pulse beat with each heart beat [a dicrotic artery] dicrotism [dīkrə tiz΄əm] n … English World dictionary
dicrotic notch — n a secondary upstroke in the descending part of a pulse tracing corresponding to the transient increase in aortic pressure upon closure of the aortic valve called also dicrotic wave * * * a small downward deflection in the arterial pulse or… … Medical dictionary
Dicrotic pulse — A dicrotic pulse[1] is a type of pulse characterized by a percussion wave in systole and a prominent dicrotic wave in diastole. Physiologically, the dicrotic wave is the result of reflected waves from the lower extremities and aorta. Conditions… … Wikipedia
dicrotic pulse — a pulse whose tracing has two peaks instead of the usual one, the second one coming during diastole as an exaggeration of the dicrotic wave. See also anacrotic p. and catadicrotic p … Medical dictionary
dicrotic wave — the second portion of the arterial pulse or arterial pressure recording after the dicrotic notch, attributed to the reflected impulse of closure of the aortic valves. Called also recoil w … Medical dictionary
dicrotic — adjective Etymology: Greek dikrotos, from di + krotos rattling noise, beat Date: circa 1811 1. of the pulse having a double beat 2. being or relating to the second part of the arterial pulse occurring during diastole of the heart or of an… … New Collegiate Dictionary
dicrotic — dicrotism /duy kreuh tiz euhm/, n. /duy krot ik/, adj. Physiol. having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart. [1700 10; < Gk díkrot(os) double beating (di DI 1 + krótos a clapping, rattling noise) + IC] * * * … Universalium
dicrotic — adjective Of or pertaining to dicrotism … Wiktionary
dicrotic — Relating to dicrotism. [G. dikrotos, double beating] * * * di·crot·ic ( )dī krät ik adj 1) of the pulse having a double beat (as in certain febrile states in which the heart is overactive and the arterial walls are lacking in tone) compare… … Medical dictionary
dicrotic — adj. of or pertaining to dicrotism (two arterial beats to each heart beat) … English contemporary dictionary
