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Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in t…

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  1. Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. -- Ca*tac"rotism (#), n.
  2. Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form ofpulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of thecurve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansionsof the artery in the same beat. -- Ca*tac"rotism (#), n.