Definition of dicrotic in English:
dicrotic
adjective dʌɪˈkrɒtɪkdīˈkrädik
Medicine Denoting a pulse in which a double beat is detectable for each beat of the heart.
Example sentencesExamples
- The dicrotic notch and the ensuing wave seen in the arterial pressure record is the pressure transient produced when the aortic valve closes at the end of left-ventricular ejection.
- As with the arterial pressure wave, a normal pulse volume tracing has a brisk upstroke and a dicrotic notch.
- The balloon should begin inflation on the dicrotic notch which represents the beginning of diastole.
- The height of the dicrotic notch marking the start of this diastolic wave was decreased by acetylcholine or an NO donor, and further decreased by a phosphodiesterase type V inhibitor.
- The precise mechanism for a dicrotic pulse in the last group is not clear; it is more frequently observed in patients with pump failure postoperatively.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Greek dikrotos 'beating twice' + -ic.