Catacrotic \Cat`a*crot"ic\, a. [Cata- + Gr. ? a beating.]
(Physiol.)
Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of
pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending
portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to
two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. --
{Ca*tac"rotism}, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]