reduplication (redirected from reduplicative)

reduplication /re·du·pli·ca·tion/ (re?doo-pli-ka´shun)

1. a doubling back.

2. the recurrence of paroxysms of a double type.

3. duplication (3).

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re·du·pli·ca·tion (r-dpl-kshn)

n.

1. A redoubling.

2. A duplication or doubling, as of the sounds of the heart in certain diseased states.

3. The abnormal presence of two parts instead of a single part.

4. A fold or duplicature.

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re·dupli·cate v.

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reduplication

1. a doubling back.

2. the recurrence of paroxysms of a double type.

3. a developmental anomaly resulting in the doubling of an organ or part, with a connection between them at some point and the excess part usually a mirror image of the other.

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heart sound reduplication

see gallop rhythm.