Pulsatile

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

  Pulsatile \Pul"sa*tile\, a. [Cf. It. pulsatile, Sp. pulsatil.]
     1. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by
        percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical
        instrument.
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     2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.
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