Definition: 'Dicrotic Notch'
dicrotic notch
Type: TermPronunciation: dī-krot-ik
Definitions:
1. the acute drop followed by a rise in arterial pressure pulse curves following the systolic peak, corresponding to the incisura of the displacement pulse curve.
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