Etymology

pulsus bisferiens

Today it means: A sign where, on palpation of the pulse, a double peak per cardiac cycle can be appreciated. Full definition →

Latin pulsus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompulsus“stroke”
  2. English todaypulsus bisferiens

Latin pulsus (“stroke”) + bis (“twice”) + feriens (“striking”): "striking a stroke twice".

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