• (n.) Quality or state of being catacrotic.
A condition of the pulse marked by two minor expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing two secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing. ... Origin: cata + G. Di-, two, + krotos, beat ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(kat″ә-di´kro-tiz-әm) pulse anomaly in which two small additional waves or notches appear in the descending limb of the pulse tracing. adj., catadicrot´ic., adj.
Cat`a·di'cro·tism noun [ Cata- + dicrotism .] (Physiol.) Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- 
Type: Term Pronunciation: kat′ă-dī′krō-tizm Definitions: 1. A condition of the pulse marked by two minor expansions of the artery following the main beat, producing two secondary upward waves on the downstroke of the pulse tracing.