Predicrotic

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

  Predicrotic \Pre`di*crot"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
     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.
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           The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard
           pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high.
                                                    --Landois &
                                                    Stirling.
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