Relating to or characterized by dicrotism; having a double beat or pulse.
From Greek 'dikrot-' (double beat) + '-al' (adjective suffix). Developed in medical terminology to describe abnormal pulse conditions detected by physicians.
A dicrotal pulse means your heart is creating two distinct beats where there should be one—doctors would see this as a doubled line on an old pulse-reading machine!
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