Definition of Catacrotic

1. a. 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.

Medical Definition of Catacrotic

1. Denoting a pulse tracing in which the downstroke is interrupted by one or more upward waves. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catacrotic

cataclasm
cataclastic
cataclinal
cataclysm
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysmically
cataclysmist
cataclysmists
cataclysms
catacomb
catacombs
catacorner
catacoustic
catacoustics
catacrotic (current term)
catacrotic pulse
catacrotism
catadicrotic
catadicrotic pulse
catadicrotism
catadidymus
catadioptric
catadioptrics
catadromous
catafalco
catafalcoes
catafalque
catafalques
catagelophobia

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