Tricrotism

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

  Tricrotism \Tri"cro*tism\, n. (Physiol.)
     That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a
     triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic
     tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary
     crests in addition to the primary.
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