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pulse
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Pulse
the expansion and contraction of a blood vessel due to the blood pumped through it; determined as the number of expansions per minute Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=P
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Pulse
The local rhythmic expansion of an artery which reflects the heartbeat, and which can be felt with the finger, in the wrist, neck, foot, and other places
Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html
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Pulse
A regular contraction and expansion of an artery at each beat of the heart.
Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf
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Pulse
Pulse: The rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery due to the surge of blood from the beat of the heart. The pulse is most often measured by feeling the arteries of the wrist. There is also a pulse, although far weaker, in veins. Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=5131
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Pulse
Pulse noun [ Middle English puls , Latin puls , pultis , a thick pap or pottage made of meal, pulse, etc. See Poultice , and confer Pousse .] Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc. « If all the... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/193
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Pulse
Pulse noun [ Middle English pous , Old French pous , French pouls , from Latin pulsus (sc. venarum ), the beating of the pulse, the pulse, from pellere , pulsum , to beat, strike; confer Greek ... to sw... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/193
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Pulse
Pulse intransitive verb To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb. Ray. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/193
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Pulse
Pulse transitive verb [ See Pulsate , Pulse a beating.] To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. [ R.] Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/193
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pulse
<cardiology, physiology> The impulse transmitted to arteries by contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. ... Customarily palpated at the radial artery in the wrist. The pulse can provide information concerning the number of cardiac contractions per minute (rate) and the overall regulari... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?pulse
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pulse
pulsation 2 heartbeat noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; `he could feel the beat of her heart` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pulse
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pulse
noun edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pulse
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pulse
pulse rate noun the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person`s health Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pulse
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pulse
(puls) pulsation. the beat of the heart as felt through the walls of a peripheral artery, such as that felt in the radial artery at the wrist. What is felt is not the blood pulsing through the arteries but a shock wave that travels along the walls of the arteries as the heart contracts. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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