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 the pulse.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek privative a- + a rattling, beating.

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  • Absence or imperceptibility of the pulse.

    January 10, 2008