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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Predicrotic

· Pre·di·crot·ic · IPA
01 a. A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.
  1. 1.
    A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.(Physiol.)
    “The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high.” — Landois & Stirling.