Medical Dictionary

catacrotic

adj cata·crot·ic \ˌkat-ə-ˈkrät-ik\

Medical Definition of CATACROTIC

:  relating to, being, or characterized by a pulse tracing in which the descending part of the curve is marked by secondary peaks due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat

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