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(Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
anacrotism
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(ə-năk'rə-tĭz'əm)
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The condition in which one or more notches or waves occur on the ascending limb of an arterial pulse tracing. Also called anadicrotism.
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A pulse anomaly evidenced by the presence of a prominent notch on the ascending limb of the pulse tracing.
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