- anacrotic limb
- ascending l. (def. 2).
Medical dictionary. 2011.
anacrotic limb
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limb — 1. An extremity; a member; an arm or leg. SYN: member. 2. A segment of any jointed structure. SEE ALSO: leg, crus. [A.S. lim] ampullary membranous limbs of semicircular ducts [TA] the dilated ends of the three semicircular ducts, each of which… … Medical dictionary
anacrotic — Referring to the upstroke or ascending limb of the arterial pulse tracing; an abbreviated form for anadicrotic, twice beating on the upstroke. SYN: anadicrotic. * * * ana·crot·ic (an″ə krotґik) 1. pertaining to the ascending limb of a… … Medical dictionary
anacrotic pulse — a pulse in which the ascending limb of the tracing shows a transient drop in amplitude, or a notch … Medical dictionary
ascending limb — 1. the distal part of the loop of Henle (ansa nephroni); see under ansa. 2. the ascending portion of a tracing of the pulse wave obtained by the manometer or the sphygmograph; called also anacrotic l … Medical dictionary
Pulse — The rhythmic dilation of an artery resulting from beating of the heart. It is often measured by feeling the arteries of the wrist. * * * Rhythmic dilation of an artery, produced by the increased volume of blood thrown into the vessel by the… … Medical dictionary
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