dicrotic

di·crot·ic

adj \(ˈ)dī-ˈkrät-ik\

Definition of DICROTIC

1

of the pulse : having a double beat (as in certain febrile states in which the heart is overactive and the arterial walls are lacking in tone)—compare monocrotic

2

: being or relating to the second part of the arterial pulse occurring during diastole of the heart or of an arterial pressure recording made during the same period

—di·cro·tism \ˈdī-krə-ˌtiz-əm\ noun