"Dicrotous" is a word in ENGLISH

Alt. of Dicrotous

Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse.

Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.

A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.

Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.

Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.

That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation …

That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; …

A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the …