Catatricrotism
catatricrotism
catatricrotism cat·a·tri·cro·tism (kāt’ə-trī’krə-tĭz’əm)
n.
A condition of the pulse marked by three expansions of the artery following the main beat and producing three upward notches on the downstroke of a pulse tracing.
cat’a·tri·crot’ic (-trī-krŏt’ĭk) adj.
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