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di⋅crot⋅ic

  [dahy-krot-ik]
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–adjective Physiology.
having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
Origin:
1700–10; < Gk díkrot(os) double beating (di- di- 1 + krótos a clapping, rattling noise) + -ic

Related forms:
di⋅cro⋅tism  [dahy-kruh-tiz-uhm] , noun
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di·cro·tism   (dī'krə-tĭz'əm)   
n.  A condition in which the pulse is felt as two beats per single heartbeat.

[From Greek dikrotos, double-beating : di-, two; see di-1 + krotos, rattling noise.]
di·crot'ic (-krŏt'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: di·crot·ic
Pronunciation: (')dI-'krät-ik
Function: adjective
1 of the pulse : having a double beat (as incertain febrile states in which the heart is overactive and the arterial walls are lacking in tone) —compare MONOCROTIC
2 : being or relating to the second part of the arterial pulse occurring during diastole of the heart or of an arterial pressure recording made during the same period —di·cro·tism /'dI-kr&-"tiz-&m/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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