Etymology

monocrotism

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Today it means: A condition in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows only a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κρότος
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The story

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

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκρότος all →

anacrotismdicrotism

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