Monocrotism

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

  Monocrotism \Mo*noc"ro*tism\, n. [Gr. mo`nos alone + ? a
     beating.] (Physiol.)
     That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or
     sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation
     entirely disappearing.
     [1913 Webster]