Dicrotic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dicrotic \Di*crot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? = ? to knock, beat.] (Physiol.)
     (a) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse.
     (b) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in
         the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.
         [1913 Webster]