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v. i.
To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
a.
Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.
v. i.
To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
a.
Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.
v. t.
To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
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Of or pertaining to the pulse.
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An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.
n.
A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
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An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
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An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.
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The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.
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The state of being pulseless.
v. i.
To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
n.
A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
superl.
Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
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A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant.
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A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.
superl.
Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
n.
That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
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