dicrotic
adjUK /dʌɪˈkɹɒt.ɪk/ · US /daɪˈkɹɑt.ɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek δίκροτος (díkrotos, “double-beating”) + -ic, from δύο (dúo, “two”) + κρότος (krótos, “beat”).
1
Having a double beat.
2
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Denoting a pulse in which a double beat is detectable for each beat of the heart.
- dicrotic notch of aortic pressure
- Derived terms
- dicrotism, hyperdicrotic, hypodicrotic, postdicrotic, predicrotic