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pulsion Now rare.|ˈpʌlʃən| [ad. L. pulsio, -ōn-em, n. of action from pell-ĕre, puls- to drive, push.] The action of driving or pushing. In first quot., the beating of the pulse.
1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. v. iii. (1678) 107 There may ensue..a deadly interception of the pulsion of the brain. 1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 214 One motion is pulsion or driving, another traction or drawing. Pulsion, when the movent makes the moved body go before it; and traction, when it makes it follow. 1731S. Hales Stat. Ess. I. 111 If this great quantity [of sap] were carried up by pulsion or trusion. 1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Clouds i. iv, Pulsion, and prension. attrib.1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 363 Acquired malformations [of the œsophagus]—Pressure pouches{ddd} pharyngeal pouches, pharyngoceles, pulsion diverticula. |