| 释义 |
di·crot·ic
\(ˈ)dī|kräd.ik\ adjective
also di·cro·tal \-rōd.əl, -räd.-\; or di·cro·tous \ˈdīkrəd.əs\
Etymology: Greek dikrotos (from di- + -krotos, from krotein to beat, knock, rattle) + English -ic or -al or -ous — more at crotal
1. of the pulse : having a double beat (as in certain febrile states in which the heart is overactive and the arterial walls lacking in tone) — compare monocrotic
2. : being or relating to the second expansion of the artery that occurs during the diastole of the heart
• di·cro·tism \ˈdīkrəˌtizəm\ noun -s |