Etymology

dicrotism

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Today it means: The condition of each beat of the pulse consisting of two sphygmographic waves. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κρότος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρότος“a rattling, beating”
  2. English todaydicrotism

From di- + Ancient Greek κρότος (krótos, “a rattling, beating”) + -ism.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκρότος all →

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