Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, absence or weakness of the pulse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Lack or defect of pulsation.
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- noun medicine A lack or
defect of thepulse .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek privative a- + a rattling, beating.
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Examples
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- pertaining to surface. acrotism, n. failure of pulse.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
sionnach commented on the word acrotism
Absence or imperceptibility of the pulse.
January 10, 2008