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dicrotic notch

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Dicrotic notch
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Main Entry: dicrotic notch
Function: noun
: a secondary upstroke in the descending part of a pulse tracing corresponding to the transient increase in aortic pressure uponclosure of the aortic valve called also dicrotic wave
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Dicrotic notch
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dicrotic notch n.
The notch in a pulse tracing that precedes the dicrotic wave.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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