Definition of Pulseless

1. Adjective. Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse. "Pulseless and dead"

Exact synonyms: Breathless, Inanimate
Similar to: Dead
Derivative terms: Breathlessness, Inanimateness

Definition of Pulseless

1. a. Having no pulsation; lifeless.

Definition of Pulseless

1. Adjective. (medical) having no pulse ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulseless

pulse height analyzer
pulse jet
pulse jets
pulse modulation
pulse modulations
pulse modulator
pulse modulators
pulse oximeter
pulse oximeters
pulse oximetry
pulse rate
pulse timing circuit
pulsed
pulsejet
pulsejets
pulseless
pulseless disease
pulselessness
pulselike
pulser
pulsers
pulses
pulsetrain
pulsetrains
pulsidge
pulsidges
pulsific
pulsimeter
pulsimeters
pulsing

Literary usage of Pulseless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1871)
"The woman was, after the operation, in a state of the greatest exhaustion, and occasionally very faint and pulseless. When I left her, in charge of Dr ..."

2. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1875)
"The hands had no feeling in them ; they were closed and could not be opened ; wrists perfectly pulseless; hands shrivelled and cold (third day). ..."

3. Developmental Pathology by Eugene S. Talbot (1905)
"The radial artery was felt as a prominent hard pulseless cord. There was no pulse in the ulnar artery, and all other arteries appeared normal. ..."

4. The Clinical Journal (1906)
"... I hurried up nd arrived there in twenty minutes, to find that the patient was of a greyish colour, quite pulseless, and breathing about 45 per minute. ..."

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