Polycrotism

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

  Polycrotism \Po*lyc"ro*tism\, n. (Physiol.)
     That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse
     curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or
     elevations; -- contrasted with {monocrotism} and {dicrotism}.
     [1913 Webster]