[f. Gr. κατά down + DICROTISM.] The occurrence of dicrotism in the downward stroke of a sphygmographic tracing (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1887).
Commonly expressed by dicrotism without prefix (see DICROTIC a.), the opposite being anacrotism.
[f. Gr. κατά down + DICROTISM.] The occurrence of dicrotism in the downward stroke of a sphygmographic tracing (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1887).
Commonly expressed by dicrotism without prefix (see DICROTIC a.), the opposite being anacrotism.