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