dicrotism

dicrotism
di·cro·tism (dīʹkrə-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·crotʹic (-krŏtʹĭk) adj.

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  • dicrotism — n. abnormal condition in which there are two arterial beats for each heart beat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dicrotism — di·cro·tism …   English syllables

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