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| —adj , threadier, threadiest | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or resembling a thread or threads |
| 2. | med (of the pulse) barely perceptible; weak; fine |
| 3. | sounding thin, weak, or reedy: a thready tenor |
| 'threadiness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
As respiratory stress increases, the skin appears cyanotic and the pulse is fast and thready.
His pulse was thready and fast, his belly distended, his bowel ominously silent.
The patient was comatose with muscular rigidity and a thready pulse on admission.
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