catadicrotism

catadicrotism

 [kat″ah-di´krŏ-tizm]

pulse anomaly in which two small additional waves or notches appear in the descending limb of the pulse tracing. adj., adj catadicrot´ic.

cat·a·di·cro·tism

(kat'ă-dī'krō-tizm),

A condition of the pulse marked by two minor expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing two secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing.

[cata + G. di-, two, + krotos, beat]

cat·a·di·cro·tism

(kat'ă-dī'krō-tizm)

An anomaly of the pulse marked by two minor expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing two secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing.

[cata + G. di-, two, + krotos, beat]